Sketches by St. Cyr, Spring 1948- Spring/Summer 1949
Sketches by Talbot, 1946- Spring 1948
Anonymous sketches, undated
Anonymous sketches, Spring 1945- Fall/Winter 1945
Sketches by miscellaneous designers, most undated. Folder contents may be unprocessed materials.
Galley proofs
Galley proofs
Galley proofs
Manuscript draft
The Bergdorf Goodman Custom Salon sketches collection contains 8,976 pencil, ink, and watercolor sketches by staff artists representing clothing and millinery available in Bergdorf's custom salon. These garments were made to order either from designs purchased by special arrangement from the leading coutouriers of the day or from sketches by Bergdorf's then well known in-house designers. Representative designers include Dior, Balenciaga, Halson and Courreges. House designers include Leslie Morris, Mary Gleason, and Bernard Newman. There is a complete run from 1950 to 1969. In addition, there is a representative sampling of sketches from the 1930s and 40s.
In addition to the sketches, the collection contains preliminary manuscripts and galley proofs of Booton Herndon's book Bergdorf's on the Plaza (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956) as well as typescripts of his interviews with and about members of the Goodman family and with and about such key members of the staff as Ethel Frankau, Odna Brandeis, and house designers Bernard Newman, Leslie Morris, and Mary Gleason.
The last series contains the original finding aid for the collection.
Anonymous sketches, 1930s-Fall 1953 (hats)
Sketches by Balenciaga, Spring 1953-Fall 1953
Sketches by Balenciaga, Fall 1953-Fall 1955
Sketches by Balenciaga, Fall 1955 (hats)-Fall 1957
Sketches by Balenciaga, Fall 1963-Fall 1967
Sketches by Dior, Spring-Fall 1953 (hats)
Sketches by Dior Spring-Fall 1954 (hats)
Sketches by Dior, Spring 1965-Dior 1969
Sketches by Fabiani, Spring 1951-Fall 1960
Sketches by Givenchy, 1969
Sketches by Gleason, Fall 1950-Spring 1951
Sketches by Gleason, Spring 1951(evening)
Sketches by Gleason, Fall 1952
Gleason, Spring 1953
Gleason, Spring 1953-Fall 1953
Sketches by Griffe, 1950s-Spring 1954
Sketches by Halston, Fall 1960
Sketches by La Roche, Spring 1963-1969
Sketches by Leslie, 1950
Sketches by Leslie, Fall 1952
Sketches by Leslie, Fall 1954
Sketches by Leslie, Fall 1954-Spring 1955
Sketches by Leslie, Spring 1956
Sketches by Leslie, Fall 1957
Sketches by Leslie, Spring 1958
Sketches by Leslie, Spring 1959
Sketches by Leslie, Spring-Fall 1960
Sketches by Leslie, Fall 1960-Spring 1961
Sketches by Leslie, Fall 1961-Spring 1962
Sketches by Leslie, Spring-Fall 1962
Sketches by Leslie, Spring-Fall 1964
Sketches by Leslie, Spring 1966
Sketches by Leslie, Fall 1966
Sketches by Mr. Louis, 1940s-Spring 1953
Sketches by Mado, 1930s; Manguin, 1950-Spring 1958
Sketches by Marc, Spring 1951-Fall 1952
Sketches by Marc, Fall 1953
Sketches by Marc, Spring-Fall 1957
Sketches by Marc, Fall 1957
Sketches by Marcelline, Fall 1953-Fall 1956
Sketches by Marcy, Fall 1955-Spring 1960; Marie Rose, 1950; Marie Therese; Marthe, 1930s; Matto; Mattle; Maud Nano, Spring 1957
Sketches by Melita
Sketches by Melita
Sketches by Melita, Spring 1961; Michael, Fall 1964-Spring 1965; Mildred, Spring 1957; Mitzou, 1969; Molyneux, 1950
Sketches by Mooring, 1940s, Spring 1961
Sketches by Orcel
Sketches by Paulette
Sketches by Reboux
Sketches by Simonetta, 1950s-Spring 1959
Sketches by Simonetta et Fabiani, Fall 1962-Spring 1963; Smith, 1930s; Stiebel, Fall 1960-Spring 1963