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Women fashion designers -- United States -- History -- Sources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Papillon Ltd. papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC.407
Scope and Contents

This collection contains newsprint press clippings, original sketches with attached swatches, and photographs that document the fashion design firm Papillon. Much of the material was likely previously removed from scrapbooks by former SPARC staff.

Dates: 1970-1979

Rose Simon papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC.202
Scope and Contents

This collection holds watercolor sketches by Tony Ruocco, pencil sketches, oral history cassettes, and documents encompassing Rose Simon's career.

Dates: 1950-1963

Sally Victor collection, 1930s-1960s

 Collection
Identifier: SC.382
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of 46 folders containing primarily black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor's hats (1930's to 1960's).

Dates: 1930s-1960s

Tina Leser collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC.80
Scope and Contents

This collection holds sketches, mostly in acrylic pm paper, tissue, or pellon. There are also press clippings and photographs that relate primarily to the Japanese National Design Contest which Leser sponsored and which gave one of several awards in her name.

Dates: 1940-1979

Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985

 Collection
Identifier: SC.69
Scope and Contents This collection is comprised of nine series divided into sketches series containing sketchbooks, a style book, and separated large sketches; photographic material series containing prints, negatives, slides, framed photos, and large photos; textiles series containing swatch books and fabric & thread samples; scrapbooks series containing mainly photographs and press clippings; publicity series containing releases, news clippings, lecture materials, and press albums; special events series...
Dates: 1929 - 1985

Yumiko Itoyama hat designs and press

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SC.76
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 7 sheets of paper with hat designs for berets, toques and turbans, plus one black ink on paper sketch, all dated Fall 1985. Each sheet includes a cut and paste color photocopy image of the physical hat, a description, pricing and often wool and trim swatches attached. There are also 2 folded newspaper insert sections with articles from W featuring images of Itoyama millinery designs; one is dated May 4-11 1984, the other Aug 24-31 1984.

Dates: 1984-1985