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Fashion -- History -- 20th century -- Sources

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Joseph A. Osina sketches and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: SC.267
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of sketches, photographs and textual documents pertaining to Joseph A. Osina's work at Christian Dior, New York. Includes sketches and photographs of fashion, including hats and jewelry.

Dates: 1957 - 1966
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Miguel Izaguirre-Dorian's scrapbook from his trip to Europe

 Collection
Identifier: SC.404
Scope and Contents

This collection contains souvenirs from Izaguirre's trip to Paris and London for the couture shows. Includes photographs and drawings of designs; invitations to the studios of Vionnet, Patou, Mainboucher, Schiaparelli, Paquin, Rouff, and Molyneux; and photographs and postcards of Paris and London. Izaguirre traveled Jan. 20-Feb. 10, 1937.

Dates: 1937 January 20 - February 10
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Original women's fashion sketches

 Collection
Identifier: SC.324
Scope and Contents

This collection holds original fashion sketches of women's fashion, signed A.O. Sketches are mixed media, pencil, gouache, and ink on vellum. 1 sketch with fabric swatch attached.

Dates: circa 1920-1929; 1950-1959
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Ruth Finley collection, 1941-2016

 Collection
Identifier: SC.362
Scope and Contents This collection contains materials related to Ruth Finley. The majority of the collection consists of published versions of the periodicals Fashion Calendar and the Fashion International from 1947-2014. The collection also includes published and draft copies of Fashion Calendar, Fashion International, Home Furnishing Calendar, Fashion Trade Calendar, and New York Fashion Council. It also includes business-related materials in the form of advertising, membership, and subscription information...
Dates: 1941-2016
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Sara Ripault collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC.275
Scope and Contents This collection consists of files kept by French-born American fashion designer Sara Ripault (1910-2005). Ripault worked under three major design houses from the 1941 to 1974, thus most of the content lies within these publication dates. Series 1 covers her original sketches and illustrations, undated but reflective of fashion styles from the 1940s-1950s. The majority of the content is related to women's clothing, but there are designs for accessories as well as furniture design. This series...
Dates: 1949-1974
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Stephen Burrows collection, 1969-2012

 Collection
Identifier: SC.332
Scope and Contents This collection contains fashion sketches (originals and digital facsimiles), fashion photographs, and press/promotional materials documenting the career of Stephen Burrows in the fashion industry from 1969-2012. There is a gap of press materials from 1990-2000 when he left Henri Bendel to open his own business on seventh avenue. His fragrance named, Stephen B., is briefly documented in photographs, press, and a silver wave necklace solid perfume. Ephemeral materials such as personal...
Dates: 1969-2012
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

The Roundtable of Fashion Executives records, 1949-2011

 Collection
Identifier: SC.358
Scope and Contents

This collection contains records of The Roundtable of Fashion Executives and the life of its founder Faith Keane Reichert, 1949-2011.

Dates: 1949-2011
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Tobé Coller Davis papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SC.338
Scope and Contents This collection contains 3 typewritten transcripts of talks given by or about Tobé Coller Davis; one is an undated biographical talk about Davis, the remaining two are talks given by her titled "In My Opinion: Are Women Slaves to Fashion?" dated Jun 26 1947, and a "A Talk on Fashion by Madame Tobe of Tobe and Associates, Inc.", given in Cambridge MA on Dec 9 1947 (the latter includes a folded magazine clipping of an article from Feb 1939, with a handwritten note in the margin that Millie...
Dates: 1939 - 1947
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

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