Women's clothing -- History -- 20th century -- Sources

Scope and Contents This collection contains brochures, catalogs, postcards, invitations and other promotional materials relating to fashion designers collected by Alan Rosenberg covering the years 1980-2012. Includes women's wear and menswear, including activewear, bathing suits, and undergarments. Includes store catalogs such as A & F Quarterly, Abercrombie and Fitch, Barneys New York and Bloomingdale's; mail order catalogs such as Go Softwear, International Male and Undergear and fashion designer...

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This collection is comprised of the papers and records of renowned publicist Eleanor Lambert.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of files kept by American millinery stylist Janet A. Sloane (1913-1996). Sloane worked under Madcaps Inc. from the early 1940s to 1992, and most of the content lies within these publication dates. Series 1 covers French periodicals she collected, particularly the almost complete L'Histoire du Costume Feminin Francais fashion series whose contents span from 1837 to 1870. Of 10 albums, albums 6 (Extravagance precieuse sous Louis XIV 1715-1774) and album 9 (Sobres...

Scope and Contents This collection contains 83 sketches of women's daytime, evening and outer wear looks designed by Marc Bohan for Christian Dior. Sketches are done in watercolor, guoache and pencil on Dior letterhead paper--most are original, some are painted on top of a photocopied base drawing. Nearly all have fabric swatches attached, and some of these feature beading, sequins or embroidery; there are also two large-scale real mink fur swatches, and one piece of correspondence. No dates appear on the...

Scope and Contents 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...