Clothing and dress

Scope and Contents This collection contains books, issues from magazines and catalogs, manga, and a pin, all collected throughout the 1980s and 1990s by Charlene Fossum, an African American goth who grew up in the Philadelphia area. Items were either purchased by mail order, from stores in Philadelphia, or stores in New York City (e.g. Tower Records), and are connected either to alternative goth subculture or to Japanese style and culture.View each series for more detail on dates and...

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This collection is comprised of three series. The first series has 217 folders containing 190 scrapbooks that document the publicity, promotions, and advertising undertaken by the textile converting firm Everfast Fabrics, Inc. from 1921-1967. The second series has two folders containing loose swatch cards from the 1930s-1959 and the third series has one folder containing label samples from the 1930s-1967, all from Everfast Fabrics, Inc.

Scope and Contents The Frances Neady collection of Original Fashion Illustrations was established in 1984 to honor its namesake, an inspirational teacher of fashion illustration. The collection encompasses over a century of fashion art. Its earliest example, a watercolor by Pierre Brissaud for Gazette du Bon Ton, is dated 1913; its most recent donation is by contemporary artist Ruben Toledo. Among other stars represented in the collection are Eric (Carl Erickson), René Bouché, Dorothy Hood, George Stavrinos,...

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38 hand-colored carte de visite photographs of individuals and groups wearing European national dress.

Scope and Contents The Vuokko collection consists of materials dated 1970 as well as undated (circa 1975). It includes Vuokko style and model guide, two (2) advertisement leaflets and a presentation folder. Both A4 leaflets present "Vuokko idea" in design - simple over complicated in both textile patterns and clothing silhouette. Both leaflets feature similar photographs of models wearing Vuokko clothing. Leaflet dated 1970 is tri-fold in English, the undated leaflet from the same campaign as the folder is in...