Volume 2: Women's wear and US debut collection, Sep 1940 - Oct 1941

Volume 2 contains extensive coverage of the opening of Mainbocher's establishment in New York City in October 1941, as well as his first and second New York collections in the fall of 1940 and the spring of 1941. His fall collection consisted of approximately 80-100 ensembles and featured dresses with the Swan silhouette and bold leaf patterns. His spring collection incorporated capes, peplums, long white gloves and small bouquets of artificial flowers as buttons down a dress or jacket. This scrapbook has a copy of the exclusive radio release titled "NY Welcomes Mainbocher" put out by the Bureau of Fashion Trends in anticipation of Mainbocher's first collection; clippings about famous personalities "fleeing to the US" due to World War II (p.7); coverage of wedding gowns he designed in the summer of 1941 for the Marquis Mirepoix and others; two Vogue articles--from Jan 15 and Feb 15 1941--featuring interior designer Elsie de Wolfe and the Duchess of Windsor as "10 Americans with a sixth clothes sense" (p.61-62); press about NYC's Easter Parade; and articles about how his sketches for Paris couture were exhibited at the Museum of Costume Art in New York. It includes clippings from newspapers in Spanish, Hebrew and German.

Loose items include press publication lists and an article entitled "The Flight of Fashion," by Curt Riess and clipped from the July 1941 issue of Coronet magazine.