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A Fashionable Line: The Other Life of Kate Coolahan

Start Date
08 March 2012
End Date
26 August 2012
Venue
Te Papa Tongarewa, (Museum of New Zealand)
Location
Wellington, New Zealand
Exhibition display of illustrations in glass cases
Fashion illustration of a women's head and shoulders

A Fashionable Line: The other life of Kate Coolahan
Dates: 8 Mar 2012 – 26 Aug 2012
Cost: Free entry

In the 1950s and 60s, Kate Coolahan blazed a trail through New Zealand’s advertising world as a fashion illustrator. Her modish designs seduced men and women alike into buying the latest styles.

Few people today are aware of Coolahan’s contributions to the advertising arena. In New Zealand art circles, she is better known for her prints and paintings, made later in her career.

This exhibition uncovered Coolahan’s ‘other life’, during the Mad Men era of fashion. It featured works selected from her personal archi ve, revealing a talent overdue for recognition.