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TitleEvening ensemble

Creator nameValentina

Creator nationality/cultureRussian

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1935

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsSilk, wool

DimensionsJacket: L. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm); dress: L. 63 in. (160 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83904

Accession number1995.245.5a, b

SubjectsFashion designWomen fashion designersFashion--United States--History--20th century

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Chapter 7. Women Fashioning American Fashion

Valerie Steele

Women Designers in the USA, 1900–2000: Diversity and Difference

THE EARLY HISTORY OF WOMEN FASHION DESIGNERS in the United States is poorly documented, because for many years most American “designers” were dressmakers who left little trace in the historical record. In...

Author

Valerie Steele

PublisherBard Graduate Center

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.185-199

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00208.005

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20278&redirecttoanchor=51351

Chapter subject tags:Women fashion designersFashion--United States--History--20th centuryReady-to-wear clothing industryFashion design

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Ensemble (right) inspired by an Empire woman's riding habit

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator namePotter, Clare

Creator name (description)Manufactured by Charles W. Nudelman, Inc.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1940

Object typeClothing/Costume

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Ensemble (right) inspired by an Empire...

Ensemble (right) inspired by an Empire woman's riding habit

Rajah cocktail dress

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameTrigère, Pauline

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1961

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsWool crepe and peau de soie

LocationFashion Institute of Technology, New York

Rajah cocktail dress

Dress, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameMcCardell, Claire

Creator name (description)Manufactured by Townley Frocks

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1943

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsCotton

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/84093

Accession numberC.I.49.37.41

Dress, detail

Afternoon Dress

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameTurner, Jessie Franklin

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1918–1922

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsSilk crepe with silk floss embroidery

DimensionsL. 59 in. (152.4 cm)

LocationBrooklyn Museum, New York

Accession number74.185.6

Afternoon Dress

Hat

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameUnderwood, Patricia

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1985

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsCoiled leather

Dimensions6 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 9 in. (15.6 × 19.7 × 22.9 cm)

LocationCollection of Patricia Underwood

Hat

Suit

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameCashin, Bonnie

Creator name (description)Manufactured by Philip Sills & Co.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1964

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsWool, leather

DimensionsJacket: 22 3/4 in. (57.8 cm); skirt: L. 26 1/4 in. (66.7 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83948

Accession number1979.431.51a–c

Suit

Dress

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameJohnson, Betsey

Creator name (description)Designed for Paraphernalia, New York

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1965

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsLurex

DimensionsL. 32 in. (81.3 cm)

LocationCollection of Lauren Sweder

Dress

Uniform for War Work coverall

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameMaxwell, Vera

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1942

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsCotton

DimensionsL. approx. 55 in. (139.7 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/84036

Accession numberCI.47.60.1

Uniform for War Work coverall

Design for bathing suit and coat

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameLeser, Tina

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1950

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsWatercolor, pencil, and ink on paper

LocationFashion Institute of Technology, New York

Design for bathing suit and coat

Dress and hat worn by Dorothea Towles

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameShumate, Hazel

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1949

Object typeClothing/Costume

LocationBlack Fashion Museum, Washington, DC

Dress and hat worn by Dorothea Towles

Sports ensemble

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameMcCardell, Claire

Creator name (description)Manufactured by Townley Frocks

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1944

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsCotton, rayon

DimensionsTop: L. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); skirt: L. 27 in. (68.6 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/84057

Accession numberC.I.49.37.30a–d

Sports ensemble

Dress

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameMcCardell, Claire

Creator name (description)Manufactured by Townley Frocks

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1943

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsCotton

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/84093

Accession numberC.I.49.37.41

Dress

Sketch for suit (for Patullo Modes)

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameCopeland, Jo

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1948

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsWatercolor on printed paper

LocationFashion Institute of Technology, New York

Sketch for suit (for Patullo Modes)

Hat

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameDaché, Lilly

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1940–1950

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsWool, plastic, glass

Dimensions8 × 9 × 6 in. (20.3 × 22.9 × 15.2 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/83977

Accession number1977.201.36

Hat

Wedding dress

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameToledo, Isabel

Creator nationality/cultureCuban-American

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date2000

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsCotton lisle

DimensionsL. 60 in. (152.4 cm)

LocationCollection of Isabel Toledo

Wedding dress

Cape

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameTeng, Yeohlee

Creator nationality/cultureJapanese

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1982

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsWool

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/96919

Accession number1983.222.2

Cape

Mao coat

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameTam, Vivienne

Creator nationality/cultureChinese

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1998

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsPolyester

DimensionsL. 59 in. (149.9 cm)

LocationCollection of Vivienne Tam, New York

Mao coat

Design for The Barbie Look playsuit

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameKaran, Donna

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1987

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsSkirt: wool; boysuit: crepe jersey; hat: felt; gloves: wool; jewelry: gold metal

DimensionsBodysuit: L. 27 in. (68.6 cm); skirt: 33 in. (83.3 cm); as worn L. 51 in. (129.5 cm)

LocationCollection of Donna Karan, New York

Design for The Barbie Look playsuit

Officer's overcoat

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameKlein, Anne

Creator name (description)Made by Junior Sophisticates, New York

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1964

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsMelton wool trimmed with Persian lambskin

LocationFashion Institute of Technology, New York

Officer's overcoat

Parabola leather skirt with cashmere funnel-neck sweater and tights

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameCashin, Bonnie

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation date1968

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsLeather and cashmere

LocationCollection of Bonnie Cashin

Parabola leather skirt with cashmere...

Parabola leather skirt with cashmere funnel-neck sweater and tights

Debutante gown

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 13

Creator nameLowe, Ann

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDesigner

Creation datec. 1958–1960

Object typeClothing/Costume

MaterialsSilk satin

DimensionsL. approx. 52 in. (132.1 cm)

LocationBlack Fashion Museum, Washington, DC

Debutante gown

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