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This folder contains photographs of McCardell's designs, several of them have relevant newspaper clippings attached. Also in the folder are pictures of McCardell receiving the Mademoiselle Merit Award, 1943.

This folder contains tear sheets.

This folder contains original press clippings related to Robert Dudley and hats he designed and sold, dating between 1938-1970.

Original Photographs

The bulk of this collection, which was donated by Nancy White in the early 1980s to the FIT Library, consists of 49 scrapbooks relating to Mainbocher, with additional correspondence written by Mainbocher, Nancy White, and Carmel Snow.

Scrapbooks mostly contain newspaper clippings of reviews of Mainbocher's designs for women's clothing, corsetry, uniforms, theatrical costumes and wedding gowns. Clippings from clipping services document Mainbocher's role as designer for such notable women as Wallis Simpson, Mary Martin, and C.Z. Guest. Also included are magazines, photographs, Playbills and correspondence between Mainbocher and prominent figures like Nancy White, editor of Harper's Bazaar from 1958 to 1971. The books generally proceed from newspaper articles on a particular collection to magazine coverage. The only qualification for an article to appear in the scrapbook is the word "Mainbocher."

Reproductions are ledger size (11 x 17 inches) and were duplicated from the originals as genuinely as possible. All page numbers are taken from the originals unless otherwise noted. Most page numbers are followed by a lowercase letter to indicate that it required more than one photocopy to capture the complete contents of the original page. All loose materials found in scrapbooks (excluding newspaper articles) were put in acid-free folders. Folders are placed within the leaves as they were originally assembled.

This folder contains eleven catalogs or promotional pieces for goods offered by Le Bon Marché department store.

This folder contains original press releases, including these from Townely Frocks and the Fashion League.

This collection consists of illustrations, photographs, print materials, awards, and other ephemera relating to the career of American fashion illustrator Jane Bixby Weller.

Volume 1 contains coverage of Mainbocher's back-to corsets movement and the new long torso silhouette he created in undergarments during his collaboration with Warner. It also contains extensive coverage of his famous "Rules for Chic" 12-point plan and his first trip back to his native Chicago. Included are Mainbocher-Warner PR materials, a New Yorker profile, and ads taken from the New Yorker, Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Folders contain a periodicals list, a brief note from an unidentified woman to the designer and an issue of Look magazine with an article on Mainbocher's business from January 18, 1938.

This folder contains 26 patents (some duplicates), largely for sewing machinery, registered by the Man-Sew Corporation between 1939-1940

This series consists of media in the form of photographs, VHS cassettes, fashion flats and slides.

This folder contains original press clippings and press photographs related to Robert Dudley and hats he designed and sold, dating between 1939-1956.

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.

Two miniature sketchbooks with soft leather covers, one labeled (5) from Spring 1939 and one labeled (7) from Spring 1940. Sketches are labeled with style names.

This folder contains clippings from national and local newspapers and magazines. It includes examples from her stint at Hattie Carnegie, as well as reports on her work, design aesthetic and methods and her background. Also in this folder is a cover of Mademoiselle from September1940.

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 collection contains a diverse assortment of business and personal items pertaining to French-born fashion designer Pauline Trigère dating to 1939 - 2008 and encompassing the period of her New York fashion career, retirement and after her death in 2002. It includes fashion and personal photographs, marketing materials, tear sheets, correspondence, scrapbooks, original illustrations, packaging, (including hang tags and labels), two hand-drafted paper patterns, and philanthropic records, (including records of her involvement with the Fashion Institute of Technology). In addition to paper items, the collection includes her awards, various types of media such as slides, slide carousels and videocassettes, as well as fragrance bottles and packaging for her perfume Liquid Chic, Trigère brand hosiery in original packaging, three pairs of Beth Levine shoes, two suitcases, and a rustic La Tortue house-sign.

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 tear sheets.

The photographs in this sub-series are personal or promotional images.

Sketches previously tied together to form a loosely bound sketchbook. All sketches are undated except for two dated 1939.

Sketches previously tied together to form a loosely bound sketchbook. All sketches are undated except for one dated 1939.

This folder contains hand written and typed correspondence addressed to McCardell.

This folder contains fashion show invitations for Alix, Alexandrine, Balenciaga, Geoffrey Beene, Bill Blass, Brooks Brothers, Chanel, JC de Castelbajac, Madeleine de Rauch, Jean Dessès and Doeuillet-Doucet.

This folder contains photographs pertaining to Pauline Trigére.

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 5 sketches of millinery (hats) designed for Hattie Carnegie, Inc. Some of the designs can be attributed to Esther A. Klepper (1945).

This folder contains 10 sketches of evening gowns. Hattie's signature color "Carnegie Blue" is represented in a few of the color choices for the gowns.

This series contains a menswear sketch for Hattie Carnegie Inc.

This folder contains biographies of Mainbocher, press releases for Mainbocher collections from 1953 to 1968, 4 2x2 negatives of dresses, correspondence, and clippings pertaining to Mainbocher, ranging from 1940 to 1970.

This collection contains two Schocking de Schiaparelli perfume bottles in their original packing and one example of the packaging for Schiaparelli lipstick.

This collection contains one partially full cardboard tube of Shocking de Schiaparelli bath sponges.

This folder contains tear sheets.

This folder contains original sketches of designs for juniors and young misses.

This folder contains original sketches of designs for juniors and young misses.

This folder contains original sketches of designs for womenswear.

This folder contains original fashion sketches of womenswear and various other class assignments.

This series consist of original glove design specs and detail sketches.

Unsigned sketches of women's suits and coats from the 1940s and 1950s.

Volume 2 contains extensive coverage of the opening of Mainbocher's establishment in New York City in October 1941, as well as his first and second New York collections in the fall of 1940 and the spring of 1941. His fall collection consisted of approximately 80-100 ensembles and featured dresses with the Swan silhouette and bold leaf patterns. His spring collection incorporated capes, peplums, long white gloves and small bouquets of artificial flowers as buttons down a dress or jacket. This scrapbook has a copy of the exclusive radio release put out by the Bureau of Fashion Trends in anticipation of Mainbocher's first collection, coverage of wedding gowns he designed in the summer of 1941 and articles about how his sketches for Paris couture were exhibited at the Museum of Costume Art in New York. It includes clippings from newspapers in Spanish, Hebrew and German. Folders contain a typed contents page that outlines what is in Volume 2, a periodicals list and an article entitled "The Flight of Fashion," from the July 1941 issue of Coronet magazine.

This folder contains 18 fashion illustrations produced by Reynaldo Luza that consists of garments and accessories: (hats, gloves, belts, umbrellas and shoes) Some illustrations are labeled Bergdorf Goodman on the back.

Sketches by Mr. Louis, 1940s-Spring 1953

Sketches by Mooring, 1940s, Spring 1961

This collection is comprised of fashion sketches made for Hattie Carnegie, Inc. from 1940 - 1955. This collection contains millinery (hats) for which some designs can be attributed to Esther A. Kleeper in 1945. The remainder of the collection is ready-to-wear dresses and suits, along with evening wear, mostly ballgowns, that were adapted from French couturiers for the American woman. The sketches have been divided into millinery, ready-to-wear, and evening wear. Many of the sketches are not dated, but based upon a survey of the collection and dates of similar physical garments made by Hattie Carnegie, Inc. it is assumed that the sketches are from the aforementioned dates.

This series contains sketches from Hattie Carnegie, Inc. ranging from gowns to millinery.

This folder contains 20 sketches of garments such as dresses and suits designed for Hattie Carnegie, Inc.

This is a Hattie Carnegie Menswear sketch for her boutique on 49st in NYC. High-waisted pleated trousers with a fitted waist and relaxed fit pant leg and a pointed collar button down shirt.

Contains miscellaneous loose pages and original illustrations from Lord and Taylor

This collection is comprised of original fashion sketches, illustrations and costume design sketches as well as limited amounts of educational ephemera, correspondence and tearsheets.

This folder contains original costume design sketches.

This collection consists of original designer sketches, copies of sketches, advertisements, and related items Valerie Fuchs executed for the Aris Glove Company. Eight albums containing

This folder contains notes, measurements, and rough sketches on tracing paper.

Seated figure with orange neck bow in chartreuse chair; Color: felt marker and watercolor; Client Model study

This folder contains eighteen catalogs or promotional pieces for the goods offered at Le Bon Marché department store.