Archive of three black and white silver gelatin photographs of black models dating from the 1950s-70s. Photographs measure approx. 8" x 10". This archive includes a press photo from 1974, showing model Beverly Bradshaw posed in front of a museum display of elephants wearing a traditional Nigerian Ibo wrapped dress.....
Photographic archive (1984) documenting African American participation in fashion runway culture during a period of expanding visibility for Black models within commercial and public-facing fashion events. The images center on runway presentation, styling, and performance, with emphasis on clothing, posture, and audience reception. The material supports research into Black representation.....
[African American] Black Models in Commercial Print: Philadelphia Studio Fashion Photoshoot 1930s-1940s Archive of 4 Original Vintage Photographs. Each black and white silver gelatin photograph measures 3.5" x 4.5". All photographs were captured at Condax Studio in Philadelphia. Condax Studios was associated with the Models' Guild of Philadelphia, which served.....
[Chinese American] [Fashion & Beauty] Chinese American beauty pageant "Miss China Town, USA" held in San Francisco photo archive, 1965. Archive of 12 silver gelatin photographs. Each measure 4" x 6" and comes in the original developer's envelope "Schaefer's Camera Shop -- 137 Kearny Street." This striking archive captures a......
Vernacular fashion illustration archive, circa 1920s–1950s, documents the evolution of women’s dress and stylistic ideals across early and mid-twentieth-century design, with emphasis on silhouette, material, and aspirational presentation. The drawings capture shifts from the elongated, androgynous forms associated with 1920s and 1930s fashion to the structured tailoring and fitted garments.....
[Fashion] [Photography] Fashion runway and editorial photography of major European couture labels during the postwar expansion of high fashion culture. Produced between the 1950s and 1980s, the photographs preserve the work of such fashion giants as Hubert de Givenchy, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, and Pierre Balmain as.....
Archive of fashion photography documenting African American women’s participation in commercial and editorial modeling from the 1950s through the 1980s, a period in which the American fashion and advertising industries remained overwhelmingly centered on white beauty standards and limited Black representation in print media. Working in Cultural / Representational Mode.....
Fashion design archive. 1950s–1960s. This group documents mid-century women’s fashion design practice through a sustained body of original sketches and working notes, showing how garments were conceived, annotated, and prepared for construction during a period of stylistic transition in American dress. The material provides direct evidence of design thinking at.....
Fashion design archive, likely 1950s to 1960s, documenting women’s garment design during the mid-century through original working sketches that preserve both style development and the practical language of dressmaking. The archive is strongest as evidence of how women’s fashion was conceived on paper before production, with repeated attention to silhouette.....
[Fashion] Women’s fashion design sketches dated 1951 document the rapid transformation of female dress following the end of wartime rationing and the international adoption of Christian Dior’s “New Look” silhouette. These drawings show designers experimenting with narrow waists, structured bustlines, wide skirts, and dramatic outerwear styles that defined postwar femininity.....
Unknown designer, fashion illustration archive, circa 1950s–1960s, documenting women’s garment design and construction practices in the mid-twentieth century. The material operates in Cultural/Representational Mode, illustrating the aesthetics, technical processes, and stylistic evolution of women’s fashion during the postwar and early modernist period, and offering insight into how clothing design was.....
