Directional folder to locate moved items
0.1 linear foot - Assorted model photographs and sketches
20 Model photographs of outer wear, day-wear, tea gowns and evening wear from 1910s. "Ideal scrapbook" is indicated as the original/previous location on several of these photographs.
8 Model photographs of ensembles from the nineteen-teens. All are encased in Mylar, and two have notation of titles and numbers which correspond with a line from the 1915: "No. 40, 1 Lake Shore Drive'" and "No. 40, 2 'Strictly Business'".
4 hand colored Lucile sketches from 1910s +1 fashion plate on verso. These sketches were pasted in a scrapbook among the fashion plates, and were moved here for easier access. They seem to be phototransfers rather than originals.
Covering a range of dates from 1910 to 1922, this collection of newspaper clippings chronicles Lucile, Ltd as an enterprise and Lady Duff Gordon as a societal figure in the press and through the programs to her fashion shows. Kept in its original order, in three folders.
Photocopies of "The Ideal Scrapbook", the originals of which are housed in Box #30, US.NNFIT.SC.1.3.4 and US.NNFIT.SC.1.5.1-2. This box also contains photocopies of programs and articles of which the originals are missing from "The Ideal Scrapbook".
85 fashion plates from a disbound scrapbook. Fashion plates are prints of engravings dating as far back as 1811. Some are very carefully colored, as if by someone with vision problems. The scrapbook was titled "McHorter"; Evelyn McHorter was Lucile Ltd. employee under Lady Duff Gordon, and took over the artistic control after Lucile left. [25 Model photographs and 4 Lucile sketches were moved to a different parts of the collection, please see the Archivist Note 2 for new location]
Programs from Lucile, Ltd. fashion shows from 1913 through 1923 (not a complete run). Programs pasted on the pages of scrapbook are not in chronological order. Garments listed in the programs are numbered and named. Each of these ensembles have a brief description noting clothing type, colors, fabrics, and trimmings. Some are also notated with prices of each garment by hand, suggesting that the program indicating a master copy. Some of the programs do not have the title page indicating the date or season of the line. [Should be verified: Model photographs of four (4) of the lines are part of this collection; Autumn 1916 -US.NNFIT.SC.1.1.7-9 (box#3), Autumn 1917 - US.NNFIT.SC.1.1.10-12 (box#4), Autumn 1919 - US.NNFIT.SC.1.1.18-21 (box#7 & box#8), Spring 1917 - US.NNFIT.SC.1.1.31-35 (box#12 & box#13).] At the end of the folder is a letter from the former staff of Lucile, Ltd. to Lady Duff Gordon, a ticket and invitation to a September 22, 1922 private showing of the Fall and Winter collections designed by Evelyn McHorter for J.M. Gidding & Company, an enterprise that bought Lucile, Ltd. List of programs in order of arrangement: 1. Fall 1913; 2. Spring 1923; 3. Fall 1923 and Fall 1922; 4. Spring 1920 and Spring 1919; 5. Fall 1920; 6. Fall 1919; 7. Spring 1918 and Spring 1917; 8. Fall 1914; 9. Fall 1916 and 1917; 10. 5-leave program with no cover page; 11. 1-leave program with no cover page.
Photocopies of programs from Lucile fashion shows from 1913 through 1923. Ordered is the same as in--US.NNFIT.SC.1.3.5.2, pages of each are clipped together.
0.5 linear foot - Newspaper clippings of articles by and/or about Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon and about company)
Article entitled "Studies in Smartness" written by Miss Violet Vanbrugh as well as a Christmas card and a Business card. One program from an exhibition of Gera Mills' fabric used in garments made by Vionnet, Lelong, Patou, Paquin, Cheuir, Premet, Renee, Doucet, Doeuille, and Bernard. 1-Two page spread (pp. 18-21) from the December 22, 1925 issue of Women's Wear Daily; amusements page and a page dedicated to fur fashion, with advertisements and columns about the popular furs of the time.
Photocopies of an article "Studies in Smartness" by Miss Violet Vanbrugh.
Newspaper articles about Lucile and/or written by Lady Duff Gordon that date as far back as 1910. Some are articles about the company's legal struggle. There are also a couple of articles about another Lady Duff Gordon who was an Egyptian explorer at the time. There is documentation of Lucile's beginnings and rise to fame, and review of the early work.
Photocopies of articles written about Lady Duff Gordon dating as far back as 1910, all of the originals of which are housed in "The Ideal Scrapbook". Among them a photocopy of Women's Wear Daily, Dec. 22, 1925 spread with article on furs.
Bound scrapbook, 90 leaves
Photocopies of most of the articles from the scrapbook in the same box. Not all articles were duplicated to protect against further deterioration of materials.
7 photocopies of articles written by or about Lady Duff Gordon from 1918 through 1919.
19 photocopies of articles by or about Lady Duff Gordon written about fashion from 1918 through 1919.
2 photocopies of envelopes from Berley Studios in New York City that are notated with "Lady Duff Gordon # 1" and "Lady Duff Gordon Gordon #2".
5 items - Scrapbook cover art (fragments of covers)
Fragment of scrapbook cover
Fragment of scrapbook cover
Fragment of scrapbook cover
Fragment of scrapbook cover
Fragment of scrapbook cover
0.9 linear foot - Fashion plates and inspirational materials not created by Lucile or Lucile Ltd. staff. One scrapbook of newspaper clippings illustrating fashion, one scrapbook of fashion plates.
7 fashion plates. One leave in mylar, one scrapbook cover with plates glued to it, and three raised profile mounts framing plates. All of these items were removed from their original placement within the scrapbook after disbinding for protection of surrounding materials.
37 fashion plates. Enclosed in a separate portfolio for preservation and easier access: 3 loose fashion plates; a page of the scrapbook with reproductions of one Barbier and one Simeon "Chloe" plates; one page with two plates and fabric ribbon swatch. The rest of the content is in the original order.
44 fashion plates
Box #34 - Bound scrapbook of 484 newspaper and magazine clippings of costume sketches. Gathered to about 15 to a page, these clippings are collaged in the book. None of the sketches related to a Lucile design. Some of the cut outs have notes on them about colors and fabrics, such as "gown of pale citron yellow chiffon in two shades with trailing effect of drapery and girdle of green and gray satin, green leaves forming the decoration. Introduced by Helen Paul, Inc". Toward the end of the scrapbook, on page 29, the year "1926" is written in the margin.
Box #35 - Bound volume, 74 fashion plates. "Illustrations of English and Foreign Costume from Fifteenth Century to the Present Day." London: Henry Sotheran and Co. 1875. Undeclared plates from engravings by Paquet brothers (Hippolyte & Polidor). This monograph was disbound and pasted into a scrapbook. 74 engravings depicting historical English and foreign clothing of notable royalty and common people. The index pasted on the second page gives an order for the titles and names of the engravings presented in later pages. 21 plates are missing, among them Henry VIII and Marie-Josephe, Queen of Poland.
Bound scrapbook with articles written by Lady Duff Gordon or about Lucile, Ltd. from 1919, and 4 folder of photocopies of these articles to protect against further deterioration. Articles are the product of a clipping service with multiple copies of the same few articles from different publications.
11 mounted color photocopies of Wedding Dresses
Photocopies of items missing from "The Ideal Scrapbook" housed in slipcase 15. There are photocopies of covers from programs that are not present in the scrapbook, such as Lucile, Ltd. Fall 1918 and Spring 1915 covers. There are also photocopies of an article entitled "My Diary", a photocopy of a cover of "Les Ides Novelles de la Mode", and a photocopy of an article from February 17, 1918.
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.
Sem títuloThis series is comprised of five folders, all containing press clippings regarding milliner Robert Dudley's hat collections dating between 1932-1979.
This folder contains original press clippings and press photographs related to Robert Dudley and hats he designed and sold, dating between 1939-1956.
This folder contains original and photocopied press clippings and press photographs related to Robert Dudley and hats he designed and sold, dating between 1933-1979.
This folder contains original press clippings and press photographs related to Robert Dudley and hats he designed and sold, dating between 1932-1962.
This folder contains original press clippings related to Robert Dudley and hats he designed and sold, dating between 1941-1962.
This folder contains original press clippings related to Robert Dudley and hats he designed and sold, dating between 1938-1970.
This series contains four folders, each containing large, high-quality black and white photographs of women modeling hats designed by Robert Dudley, dating from 1939-1954 (though the great majority are undated).
This folder contains 30 large, high-quality black and white photographs of of women modeling hats designed by Robert Dudley, dating from 1940 (bulk undated), as well as 3 pages of small or autographed photographs pasted onto scrapbook paper.
This folder contains 44 large, high-quality black and white photographs of of women modeling hats designed by Robert Dudley, dating from 1939-1949 (though the great majority are undated), as well as 3 photographs of Robert Dudley hats displayed on hatboxes, 3 photographs of men modeling Robert Dudley men's hats, and 14 photographs of varying size and quality of women wearing Robert Dudley hats (some may be press clippings). Two of the photographs contain fabric swatches.
This folder contains 41 large, high-quality black and white photographs of of women modeling hats designed by Robert Dudley, dating from 1941 (though the great majority are undated). 3 of the photographed hats are conceptual creations inspired by Evinrude Motors and modeled by wives of The Evinrude Outboard Commuters Club.
This folder contains 23 large, high-quality black and white photographs of of women modeling hats designed by Robert Dudley, dating from 1940-1954 (though the great majority are undated); 3 pages of small photographs pasted onto scrapbook paper (one of which includes a written descripton of a Robert Dudley-designed turban), and 1 large autographed photo. Several photographs depict brides wearing Robert Dudley creations.
This series is composed of 1 folder containing the correspondence of Robert Dudley from 1933-1967.
This folder contains the correspondence of Robert Dudley from 1933-1967.
This series contains 2 spiral-bound scrapbooks filled with press clippings, high-quality photographs, and personal correspondence, dating from 1939-1967, relating to hats created by Robert Dudley and hat-making classes taught by Robert Dudley.
This spiral-bound volume, dating from 1947, contains press clippings, high-quality photographs, and personal correspondence, all relating to hats created by Robert Dudley.
This spiral-bound volume, contains personal correspondence, photographs, and ephemera dated 1962-1967, relating to a Robert Dudley-taught hat-making class that took place aboard the MS Kungsholm, as part of a cruise with the Swedish American Line. It also contains a 1939 press clipping about Robert Dudley.
This collection consists of sketches, shoe patterns, embellishments, photographs, promotional materials, scrapbooks, and metal stamps from women's footwear company Seymour Troy Originals. The majority of the collection is undated, although it is estimated that most of it is from the 1930s and 1940s. At least one piece of promotional material is from yrto, and there is a scrapbook cover stamped with yrto. Previous documentation of the collection noted that some sketches were by other designers for Seymour Troy, and specifically named Emery Blau, Al Lewis, and "Cohen." It appears that the collection was added to after Seymour Troy's death, as there are at least two sketches dated 1977.
Sem títuloThis series consists of sketches of shoes and shoe patterns cut out of paper, cardstock, cardboard, and fabric. Some sketches and patterns are accompanied by embellishments such as leather samples and tassels. Previous documentation noted that some of the sketches in the collection were designed by other designers for Seymour Troy, and specifically named Emery Blau, Al Lewis, and "Cohen." Almost all sketches and patterns are undated.
Sem títuloThis sub-series contains sketches of shoes by both Seymour Troy and other designers for Seymour Troy. Most of the sketches are loose but there were also a number of sketchbooks, most of which have been disbound. Almost all of the sketches are undated.
Sem títuloTwo miniature sketchbooks with soft leather covers, one labeled (1) from 1936, and one labeled (2) from Spring 1937. Sketches are labeled with style names.
Sem títuloSketches on all different sizes of paper, all undated.
Sem títuloSketches on all different sizes of paper, all undated.
Sem títuloSketches on all different sizes of paper, all undated except one dated 1937.
Sem títuloSketches on all different sizes of paper, all undated except one dated 1937 and one dated 1977. One sketch includes embellishments.
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