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Scope and Contents Volume 5 contains coverage of Mainbocher's designs for the stage from 1941-1947. The productions and actresses he designed for in this time were: Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit" starring Leonora Corbett and Peggy Wood; "The Smiling Visitor" (also known as "Rose Burke") starring Katharine Cornell; "A Lady Comes Home" starring Ruth Chatterton; "Over Twenty-One" starring Ruth Gordon; "One Touch of Venus" starring Mary Martin; "Foolish Notion" starring Tallulah Bankhead; "Dream Girl" starring...

Scope and Contents Volume 6 contains coverage of Mainbocher's Fall/Winter 1945 and Spring/Summer 1946 collections from publications such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Town and Country. His fall collection was the first since the Americans won the war. It featured embroidery placed on bodices, draperies, peplums and belts. Black was the basic color. Short, double-breasted flannel jackets looked deceptively simple on the outside but were lined in ermine or seal skin. His jeweled necklines that he had introduced...