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Womenswear

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 365 Collections and/or Records:

Large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.1
Scope and Contents This folder contains 5 large black & white photos depicting women models wearing Maxwell designs. The photos are attached to paperboards and have a logo of Vera Maxwell. There are also 2 large prints depicting clippings of Life magazine in which Pat Nixon and Jacki Kennedy appear. Also, included is a poster and an ad clipping related to a Vera Maxwell fashion preview held at the Stover Mill and an ad clipping related to Galey & Lord. The later advertises a Vera Maxwell sketch for...
Dates: Undated

Large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 2 large black & white photos depicting a model woman wearing a Maxwell outfit. The model is apparently in Central Park, NY.

Dates: Undated

Large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.3
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 3 large black & white photos depicting women models wearing Maxwell designs. The photos are attached to paperboards. Also, included is a paperboard that has attached 2 black & white photos, 2 texts, and 2 Vera Maxwell labels. The photos depict women models wearing a Maxwell coat that is related to the "Functional Fashions" designs. The texts and labels are also related to the photos.

Dates: Undated

Large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.8
Scope and Contents

This folder contains large black & white photos depicting women models wearing Maxwell designs.

Dates: Undated

Large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.9
Scope and Contents

This folder contains large black & white photos depicting women models wearing Maxwell designs. Also, included are black & white portrait photos of Vera Maxwell. Most of the photos are attached to paperboards.

Dates: Undated

Large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.10
Scope and Contents

This folder contains 5 large black & white photos depicting women models wearing Maxwell designs. 4 photos have a logo of Vera Maxwell and 1 photo is attached to a paperboard and is related to The Wool Bureau, Inc.

Dates: Undated

Large photos, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.2.5.13
Scope and Contents

This folder contains large black & white photos depicting women models wearing Maxwell designs. The photos have typed descriptions attached to the reverse side and one photo is attached to a paperboard.

Dates: Undated

Large sketches, 1942 - 1946, 1942 - 1946

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.1.3.1
Scope and Contents This folder contains large sketches of pencil, color pencil, watercolor, and pen designs for womenswear. The designs are uniforms for women war workers and were created in 1942. 1 sketch is attached to a paperboard and other has fabric samples included. There are also 3 copies of a color print of a Camel Cigarette ad in which Vera Maxwell and her designs appear. The ad was released in Life, Time, Vogue, and Harper's Bazar magazine in 1942. Also, included are 7 illustrations of watercolor...
Dates: 1942 - 1946

Large sketches, Undated, Undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: SC.69.1.3
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is comprised of 5 folders containing primarily large sketches of pencil, color pencil, watercolor, marker, wash, and pen designs for womenswear. Most of the skecthes are attached to or illustrated onto paperboards and some have a logo of Vera Maxwell. Also, included is a portrait sketch in graphite of Vera Maxwell.

Dates: Undated

Line-up, 1970, 1970

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.6.3.2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a list of the line-up of outfits for the Vera Maxwell's retrospective fashion show held at the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Also, included is a list with names and address of guests who were invited to the show.

Dates: 1970