Номер объектаM2017/023:004
НазваниеOlga Horak in Hibodress Blouse
СоздательHibodress
ОписаниеThis black and white image depicts Olga Horak modelling a white sleeveless Hibodress Blouse.
After surviving the horrors of Auschwitz and death march to Bergen-Belsen, Olga immigrated to Australia with her husband John Horak in 1949. Two weeks after their arrival, Hibodress was established, manufacturing women’s blouses and wholesaling to department stores across Australia.
John – a qualified textile engineer from the Czech Republic – worked alongside Olga who, despite no formal training, had an innate eye for fashion resulting in a bold line of wash-and-wear blouses. For many post-war Jewish immigrants, the fashion industry offered accessible opportunities for realising a new life, particularly if they were prepared to work hard, innovate and adapt. In addition, it was often easy to operate in the rag trade where language barriers were less acute.
Hibodress PTY LTD (an abbreviation of two names, Hirschman and Bochner) was located at 85 Forbes Street, Woolloomooloo. They employed 90 people and after 22 years, they sold the business.
After surviving the horrors of Auschwitz and death march to Bergen-Belsen, Olga immigrated to Australia with her husband John Horak in 1949. Two weeks after their arrival, Hibodress was established, manufacturing women’s blouses and wholesaling to department stores across Australia.
John – a qualified textile engineer from the Czech Republic – worked alongside Olga who, despite no formal training, had an innate eye for fashion resulting in a bold line of wash-and-wear blouses. For many post-war Jewish immigrants, the fashion industry offered accessible opportunities for realising a new life, particularly if they were prepared to work hard, innovate and adapt. In addition, it was often easy to operate in the rag trade where language barriers were less acute.
Hibodress PTY LTD (an abbreviation of two names, Hirschman and Bochner) was located at 85 Forbes Street, Woolloomooloo. They employed 90 people and after 22 years, they sold the business.
Период созданияpost World War II
Темаsurvivors, victims, Fashion, life in Australia, establishing new life
Наименованиеphotographs
Материалpaper
Техникаphotography
Размерность
- photograph height: 208.00 mm
width: 156.00 mm
Язык
- English
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Grace Wiggins