Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection Toitu Branded The Otago Settlers Association 1898

The Otago Settlers Association 1898 - 2008

A child of the 1940s

acclaimed fashion photographer Derek Henderson has captured these extraordinary garments in the empty majesty of the Central Otago landscapes that Eden Hore so loved

• Gives great insights into the lives of women from the earliest days of the settler

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Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection Toitu Branded The Otago Settlers Association 1898Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection by Jane Malthus & Claire Regnault & Derek Henderson (photographer) In 1975, a makeshift museum opened on a farm in the tussocked hills of the Mniatoto region of Central Otago. The main feature of this new attraction was the more than 220 high end fashion garments on display. It has been called one of the most significant collections of its kind in Australasia. And it was housed in an old tractor shed. It