Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection Toitu Branded Nugget Point Lighthouse

Nugget Point Lighthouse

COLONIAL FASHION

a successful but quietly spoken high-country farmer – a man of many contrasts

This book was commissioned by the Otago Settlers Association to mark its centennial

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

Central Otago Couture: The Eden Hore Collection Toitu Branded Nugget Point LighthouseCentral 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