Costume -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources

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Playbills for My Fair Lady, Night of the Iguana, Much Ado About Nothing, Peter Pan; sketches (ink, watercolor) (1984-1985), photographs, and photocopies.

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This collection contains bound sketchbooks with pencil sketches of garment designs for resort, evening, and day wear for fall and spring seasons.

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Scrapbooks of magazine and newspaper clippings cover years 1949-1967. 66 sketchbooks of black & white and color designs of women's wear marketed by Berin, 1942-1964.

Scope and Contents This collection contains magazine clippings, patterns and fashion sketches in ink, watercolor, and colored markers. Clippings and sketches are of day and evening wear from the 1940's-1960's. Many of the clippings and sketches are of other designers' fashions. The patterns are for Charelle's designs and are from the 1950's. Correspondence and a photocopy of Charelle's label are included, as are photographs of wedding dresses and five sketches of evening wear, one of which bears the notation...

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This collection contains original signed color renderings (gouche, pencil, and pastel) of women's wear by Irene. Four of the drawings of evening gowns are on thin paper mounted to board; these were donated by Doris Duke in 1972, and are dated circa 1945 on the donation receipt. A fifth drawing, signed by both Irene and illustrator Virgina Fisher, depicts a brown daytime suit dress of the style that Irene was famous for.

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This collection contains 4 undated signed sketches of women's evening wear with handwritten style numbers and attached textile swatches.

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This collection includes letters, art gallery catalogues, documents relating to Copeland's lecturing, press clippings from the 1930's through the 1960's, and fashion sketches. Some of the sketches are from subscription services such as Elsie Cobin and Paris Fashion Services, while others are probably Copeland's own work.

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Black and colored marker sketches of sportswear and evening wear, some of which have swatches attached.

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This collection holds pencil, ink, and watercolor sketches, many with textile swatches. Designs of European couturiers and Monte-Sano & Pruzan staff designers are represented. Notable among the house designers are Jacques Tiffeau who had worked with Dior and later launched his own design firm in 1966.

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This collection holds sketches, mostly in acrylic pm paper, tissue, or pellon. There are also press clippings and photographs that relate primarily to the Japanese National Design Contest which Leser sponsored and which gave one of several awards in her name.