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Fashion design

 Subject

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 721 Collections and/or Records:

Escandron, 1968, 1968

 folder
Identifier: SC.214.2.298
Scope and Contents

This folder contains one clipping from the March 6, 1968 New York Times.

Dates: 1968
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Eleanor Lambert collection, 1942-2003 / Eleanor Lambert Designer Files, 1942-2002

Ethnic styles, 1930 - 1940's, 1930 - 1940's

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.7.4
Scope and Contents

This folder contains press clippings related to fashions of diverse ethnic cultures. Most of the clippings are from magazine Women's Wear Daily.

Dates: 1930 - 1940's
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Research resources, 1920 - 1940's

Extra large illustration, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.1.3.4
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an extra large illustration of a graphite design for womenswear. The illustration is attached to and framed with a paperboard and is covered with a transparent film.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Sketches, 1929 - Spring 1982 / Large sketches, Undated

Extra large photos, 1940's - 1960's, 1940's - 1960's

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.16
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 13 large black & white photos depicting Vera Maxwell. Some photos are portraits of the designer and others depict Vera Maxwell performing different activities, whether is working at her atelier or assisting events alongside other people. Also, included is a black & white photo depicting a model woman wearing a Maxwell outfit. All photos are attached to paperboards.

Dates: 1940's - 1960's
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Photographical material, 1930's - Spring 1985 / Large photos, 1930's - 1970's

Extra large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.17
Scope and Contents This folder contains a large collage with black & white photos and images of press clippings depicting women models wearing Maxwell designs. The designs are from different years that span from 1939 to 1972 and are all put together on a large board. There is also a collage with images of different people, some of them are prominent people such as Albert Einstein and Coco Chanel, and they are all put together on a large paperboard. This collage has a phrase that says "This is Style...
Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Photographical material, 1930's - Spring 1985 / Large photos, 1930's - 1970's

Extra large sketches, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.1.3.2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an extra large photomechanical reproduced sketch and extra large sketches of marker, wash, and pen designs for womenswear. The sketches are attrached to or illustrated onto paperboards and some have a logo of Vera Maxwell. Also, included are two texts of press clippings related to Lord & Taylor and are part of two sketches attached to a large paperboard.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Sketches, 1929 - Spring 1982 / Large sketches, Undated

Extra large sketches, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.1.3.3
Scope and Contents

This folder contains extra large sketches of pencil, color pencil, marker, wash, acrylic, and pen designs for womenswear. Most of the sketches are attached to or illustrated onto paperboards and some have a logo of Vera Maxwell.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Sketches, 1929 - Spring 1982 / Large sketches, Undated

Extra large sketches, Undated, Undated

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Identifier: SC.69.1.3.5
Scope and Contents

This folder contains extra large sketches of wash, graphite, and watercolor designs for womenswear. Most of the sketches are attached to paperboards and 3 are covered with a transparent film. Also, included are sketches of women's faces with ink wash and a portrait sketch in graphite of Vera Maxwell.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Sketches, 1929 - Spring 1982 / Large sketches, Undated

Fabric review, Fall 1948, Fall 1948

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Identifier: SC.69.3.2.11
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a book about fabrics for Fall 1948. The book discusses about woolens, rayons, cottons, and other miscellaneous fibers such as silks and metallics from different sources of supply. There are fabric samples included.

Dates: Fall 1948
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Textiles, 1930's - 1950's / Fabric & thread samples, 1930's - 1950's

Fabric samples, 1957, 1957

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Identifier: SC.69.3.2.4
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a four-fold pamphlet with fabric samples and a feather included.

Dates: 1957
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Textiles, 1930's - 1950's / Fabric & thread samples, 1930's - 1950's

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