![]() ![]() I was a founding member and I stayed put, so I ended up with all the gowns. We didn’t intend for members to leave, but when they did the gowns had to stay with the group. ![]() Nowadays, beadwork is often done by machinery, but our gowns were all beaded by hand. The neckline on these dresses was similar to some of the rounded, necklace-like African designs – the same on the sleeves, around the wrists. A lot of our gowns were covered with sequins, but sequins are not as heavy as pearls and diamonds. There was a diamond pattern, outlined in pearls, and the centre of each diamond contained a large crystal rose montee. They were made of pink silk crepe, and the designer was Michael Travis. Diane, Cindy and I performed there alongside Petula Clark, Engelbert Humperdinck and Diahann Carroll, and each of these gowns weighed about 35lb, although they didn’t feel that heavy when we had them on. ![]() W e called these the “Queen Mother” gowns because we wore them for the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium in 1968. ![]()
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