This dress was made as part of a live brief with Preston Park Museum in Stockton to create an interactive costume for the public to wear in the photography studio on the Victorian street at the museum. Tight budgets and briefs were given, and the dress had to be suitable for ‘Sunday Best’ clothing. The dress is made with mock fastenings at the front for a more historical look but opens up along the whole of the centre back with tie fastenings to make the dress adjustable and easy to put on over clothes.