Fashion designers -- United States -- History -- Sources

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Sketches of women's day dresses and evening wear from the 1950's and 1960's

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Sketches in ink of womenswear designs for Chloe and a handwritten note by Lagerfeld on his stationery.

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This collection contains original sketches of clothing and millinery purportedly by Daché herself, as well as sketches of models from Parisian couture houses dating to the 1950s. A selection of black and white press photographs and accompanying press releases documents her millinery output between 1962 and 1966.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 39 scrapbooks created by Mainbocher documenting his projects and career, with additional records (primarily correspondence) written by Mainbocher, Nancy White, and Carmel Snow. Scrapbooks mainly contain newsprint clippings, magazine tears, and other press documenting Mainbocher's designs for women's wear, uniforms (military, Red Cross, Girl Scouts and others), lingerie, theatrical costume, wedding gowns and evening gowns; interspersed are some...

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Sketches of suits, dresses, evening wear and bridal wear.

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This collection holds press releases, news articles, correspondence, photographs and biographies of designers and manufacturers relating to the Couture Group of the New York Dress Institute.

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This collection, dated 1932-1979, is comprised of 10 folders of press clippings, high-quality photographs, and correspondence relating to New York milliner Robert Dudley's hat collections, as well as 2 scrapbooks containing press, correspendence and photographs related to Robert Dudley.

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Color design sketches with notes drawn by Tom Drew for Toby Tanner. The majority of sketches have fabric swatches attached (one is specified as a Liberty of London fabric), and many designs feature printed fabrics.