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Working design sketches and photographs, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11

Scope and Contents

This folder contains rough working / process design sketches of women's wear in pencil and ink executed on various scrap paper, some with fabric swatches attached. Some paper with sketches has letterhead for "Petite Maker, Inc., Manufacturers of Dresses, 'Proportioned for Petites'", others are executed on packaging paper, small note paper, etc. Most pages have multiple garments sketched on them, sometimes crowded for space, with related and unrelated notations. There are also three color square-format photographs of mannequins in department store windows. All items are undated.

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive. If you wish to schedule an appointment to view this material or have any questions, visit our website.

Partial Extent

94 items

Partial Extent

3 Photographic Prints

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository

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