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Paris (France)

 Subject

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Pauline Trigère collection, 1939-2008

 Collection
Identifier: SC.424
Scope and Contents This collection contains a diverse assortment of business and personal items pertaining to French-born fashion designer Pauline Trigère dating to 1939 - 2008 and encompassing the period of her New York fashion career, retirement and after her death in 2002. It includes fashion and personal photographs, marketing materials, tear sheets, correspondence, scrapbooks, original illustrations, packaging, (including hang tags and labels), two hand-drafted paper patterns, and philanthropic records,...
Dates: 1939-2008
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Photographs, 1939-1996, 1939-1996

 Sub-Series
Identifier: SC.424.3.2
Scope and Contents

The photographs in this sub-series are personal or promotional images.

Dates: 1939-1996
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Pauline Trigère collection, 1939-2008 / Media, 1939-2003

Photographs, Fall, 1916, 1916

 Sub-Series
Identifier: SC.1.1.7-9
Scope and Contents Disbound scrapbook, 170 photographs of autumn models from 1916, in 3 folders. The program for the premier fashion show of this line is available in--US.NNFIT.SC.1.3.4.1. The garments are annotated with a title and one line description for each ensemble, among them "A Song of Songs" and "Are You Prepared", #21 sports costume, #14 "Djer-kiss". Lucile, Ltd. couture houses in London and Paris were grimly affected by the First World War. In contrast, this line highlights opulence present in...
Dates: 1916
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Lucile, Ltd. records / Model photographs

Phototransfers of sketches, 1910s, #1, 1910s

 sub-sub-series
Identifier: SC.1.2.1.1-4
Scope and Contents

From 2 disbound scrapbooks, 211 phototransfers of sketches. Both of the scrapbooks were from from mid 1910's. Items in folders 1 and 2 are original to this location: 128 photographs of sketches, 10 official Lucile phototransfers of sketches, and a Christmas card illustrated with a Lucile sketch. Some prints occur repeatedly. Those dated are from 1916, some have prices. Phototransfers bare embossed Lucile, Ltd. Paris stamp. There is also a Christmas card from 1909

Dates: 1910s
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Lucile, Ltd. records / Sketches, original and photo transferred drawings / Sketches, phototransfers of, 1910s

Scrapbook, Fall 1915, 1915

 Sub-Series
Identifier: SC.1.1.1
Scope and Contents Disbound scrapbook, 145 photographs Autumn 1915 line, in 2 folders. Photographs are unannotated. At this time Lady Duff Gordon reached creative and financial pinnacle of her career. Success of New York branch helped to support the war-torn London and Paris branches. This line features a return to the full skirt and decorative pleating and decadent fabrics. Around this time Lucile gained status of a Permanent Resident in the United States. [See--US.NNFIT.SC.1.1.3-6 for annotation, duplicated...
Dates: 1915
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Lucile, Ltd. records / Model photographs

Symposium records, 2010

 folder
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.10.1.2.14
Scope and Contents

Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2010 Symposium "Americans in Paris: Designers, Buyers, Editors, Photographers, Models, and Clients in Paris Fashion." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Alexis Anselmi, "Bettina Ballard: In Her Paris Fashion, 1935-1945;" Gwendolyn Donahue, "J'ai Deux Amours: African American Influence on Paris Fashion;" Laura Mina, "The Fashion for Franklin: A New American in Paris."

Dates: 2010
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / School of Graduate Studies records / Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice records / Symposia records

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