Sara Ripault collection

This collection consists of files kept by French-born American fashion designer Sara Ripault (1910-2005). Ripault worked under three major design houses from the 1941 to 1974, thus most of the content lies within these publication dates. Series 1 covers her original sketches and illustrations, undated but reflective of fashion styles from the 1940s-1950s. The majority of the content is related to women's clothing, but there are designs for accessories as well as furniture design. This series also includes three swatched collections for Mollie Parnis and Richelene dated 1972-74. Series 2, sub-series 1 relates to fashion publicity and press materials (newspaper clippings, magazine features, correspondences with the New York Times). Many of the clippings and personal correspondences relate to the specific accreditation of designed collections under "Sara Ripault for" a certain brand. There are also Kodak photographs of her designs displayed on storefront mannequins. Series 2 sub-series 2 contains a transcription of her interview on the "Family" broadcast dated 1962. Series 3 contains a collection of personal photographs and snapshots. Series 4 contains reproduction sketches of the "Cardinal Fashion Studio" subscription service