Exhibitions

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This sub-series is comprised of 33 folders containing primarily typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections, her philosophy on fashion, biography, and career journey. Also, included are invitations for showings of collections, press clippings and promotional materials.

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This folder contains a typed description about Vera Maxwell collection for Spring 1963. The description was written for press releases. Also, included is a brochure with sketches, fabric swatches, and material related to the Spring 1963 collection. There is also correspondence, an invitation for a showing, and two reference lists of garments for the collection of the same season.

Scope and Contents This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Spring 1964 and Fall and Winter 1963-1964. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion, experiences she has had in some of her trips abroad where she found inspiration for her design process, and career journey. The descriptions were written for press releases. Also, included are typed descriptions and a handout related to a fashion game called "Guess Which Year?," a descriptive...

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This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collection for Spring 1965, and they also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion. The descriptions were written for press releases. Also, included is a reference list of garments with prices of the Spring 1965 collection, invitations for showings of the collections for Spring 1965 and Fall 1965, and a invitation for a retrospective showing of Vera Maxwell designs "Guess Which Year."

Scope and Contents This folder contains a typed description about Vera Maxwell collection for Spring 1966. The description was written for press releases. Also, included is a text related to the Annual National Fashion Designers' Award received by Vera Maxwell and given by the CBDA (Central Business District Assoc.), another text and a line-up related to a Vera Maxwell Fashion Show presented at the 14th Annual Republican Women's Conference in Washington, D.C., and a reference list of garments with prices of...

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This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Spring 1969 and Fall 1969. The descriptions were written for press releases. Also, included is an invitation of a lecture given by Vera Maxwell at the Brooklyn Museum, another invitation for a presentation of a Summer collection, a handout related to a fashion show for the Sewickley Valley Hospital, and news clippings.

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This folder contains a typed description about Vera Maxwell collection for Fall 1970. The description was written for press releases. Also, included is an invitation of a Vera Maxwell fashion show presented at the Brooklyn Museum, an invitation of the exhibition "Vera Maxwell: a Perspective" that is related to the Smithsonian Associates in cooperation with The Washington Fashion Group, photocopies of press releases, and promotional materials.

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This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Spring-Resort/Summer/Autumn 1973. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy, and they were written for press releases. Also, included are two sheets related to the exhibition "Vera Maxwell: Five Decades of Fashion" at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.

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This folder contains a typed description about Vera Maxwell collection for Autumn 1974. The description was written for press releases. Also, included is a text about coats created by designers such as Victor Joris and Belle Saunders as well Vera Maxwell. There is also an invitation for a showing of the Autumn 1974 collection, another invitation for a showing of Fall Fashions by Vera Maxwell at Samuel Spigel shop, and news clippings.

Scope and Contents This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Fall and Winter 1976. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion, and they were written for press releases. Also, included is a text related to designers that created evening outfits such as Bill Blass and John Anthony as well Vera Maxwell, another text related to Vera Maxwell's "Good Sports" line, and two invitations for showings of the collections "Good Sports" and Fall...