Wilkens, Emily (1917-2000)

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This folder contains award programs, press releases, timetables, candid photos of the awards presentation, a portrait of Emily Wilkins, studio fashion shots of ensembles (with press releases attached) by Ben Reig for Omar Kiam, Vincent Monte-Sano, Sylvia Pedlar, Anne Fogarty of Margot Dresses, Jane Derby, Vera Maxwell, and Pauline Trigere.

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This folder contains correspondence, press releases, 8x10" black and white portraits of Emily Wilkens.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1944 with newspaper clippings and other promotional materials announcing Emily Wilkens' designs for teenagers, called "Young Originals."

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1944 with newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, promotional materials, fabric swatches, and labels for Emily Wilkens' designs for teenagers made with Everfast Fabrics, called "Young Originals." There is also a price list and a list of publications featuring "Young Originals."

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1946-1947 with newspaper clippings, photographs, and promotional materials for women's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. There are designs by Claire McCardell, Carolyn Schnurer, Joset Walker, Emily Wilkens, and Tina Leser, with reviews by Eleanor Lambert and photographs by Marian Stephenson. There are ads for Everfast's Portuguese plaids and "Have Fun" fabrics, and photographs of window displays at B. Altman.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1945-1946 with newspaper clippings, swatches, photographs, and promotional materials for Everfast Fabrics' new 1946 print line, "Have Fun." There are fashions designed by Carolyn Schnurer, Adele Simpson, Emily Wilkens, and Claire McCardell. There are photographs of each of the garments on models, accompanied by reviews by Eleanor Lambert.

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This folder contains a scrapbook from 1946 with newspaper and magazine clippings for women's wear made with Sunmere rayon fabric by Everfast. The ads feature fashions designed by Emily Wilkens and Joan Kenley.

Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1937-1945 with magazine clippings for women's wear, and some men's wear and children's wear, made with Everfast Fabrics. It is organized by publication, with tabs for Women's Wear, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Good Houskeeping, McCall's, and The Delineator. There are ads for fabrics designed by Jacques Heim and Elsa Schiaparelli, as well as "Louisiana Fashions" and "Old Quebec" fabrics designed by Trumain Bailey. There are also ads featuring fashions designed...

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This folder contains a scrapbook with photographs and publicity for the "Southward to Spring" fashion show at the Plaza Hotel in November 1944, featuring designs made with Everfast Fabrics, with reviews by Eleanor Lambert. There are fashions designed by Claire McCardell, Helen Lyolene, Emily Wilkens, David Goodstein, David Crystal, and Mary Stevens.

Scope and Contents This folder contains a scrapbook from 1946-1951 with magazine clippings for drapery fabrics and women's wear made with Everfast Fabrics. The ads feature designs by Claire McCardell, Carolyn Schnurer, Mary Stevens, Ted Shore, Ceil Chapman, Dorothy Cox, Joset Walker, Tina Leser, Adele Simpson, and Emily Wilkens. There are also ads for Haitian- and Bahamian-inspired prints associated with an American Express promotion. The scrapbook is divided with tabs by publication and there are handwritten...