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American fashion designer known for her leisure wear, beach ensembles and play wear. Born Christine Wetherill Shillard-Smith in 1910, she trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the School of Industrial Arts in Philadelphia and the Sorbonne. In 1935 she opened a shop in Hawaii where she sold high quality ready-to-wear and custom clothing. Early Leser designs featured hand painted motifs on such unusual fabrics as sail cloth and "paluke". On a buying trip to New York in 1940, she attracted the attention of the editors of Vogue and Harper's, whose enthusiasm resulted in a large order from Saks Fifth Avenue. In the early 1940's Leser moved to New York, but her efforts at wholesale production failed, and in 1943 she turned to design for the Edwin H. Foreman Sportswear Company for 10 years. Aside from a brief retirement in the mid 1960's, Leser managed her own firm, specializing in play clothes and daywear with designs inspired by her world travels. Her best designs gave an American twist to silhouettes adapted from non-Western European sources, often in batik and other exotic Eastern fabrics. In 1944 she received the Fashion Critics Award, and the following year she received both the Neiman Marcus and Coty Awards. In 1964 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Moore Institute of Arts.

From the description of Tina Leser sketches and papers, 1940-1979. (Fashion Institute of Tech Library). WorldCat record id: 122685789

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79188741

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Leser, Tina, 1910-1986.

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Leser, Tina (Christine Wetherill Shillard-Smith), 1910-1986 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

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Leser, Tina (Christine Wetherill Shillard-Smith), 1910-1986 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Leser, Tina (Christine Wetherill Shillard-Smith), 1910-1986 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, advertisements, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Leser, Tina, 1910-1986.

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Tina Leser sketches and papers, 1940-1979.

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Leser, Tina, 1910-1986. Tina Leser sketches and papers, 1940-1979.

Title: Tina Leser sketches and papers, 1940-1979.

In addition to 45 boxes of sketches, the collection includes three unboxed oversized sketchbooks and one 3-ring binder of sketches, representative of how the materials were housed when accessioned. Most of the 4,051 sketches are in acrylic, on water color paper, tissue or pellon. Press clippings and photographs relate primarily to the Japanese National Design Contest which Leser sponsored and which gave one of several awards in her name.

ArchivalResource: 10.75 linear ft. (4,059 sketches in 45 boxes)

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Leser, Tina, 1911-1986.

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Fashion and costume sketch collection.

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Brooklyn Museum. Art Reference Library. Fashion and costume sketch collection.

Title: Fashion and costume sketch collection.

The Fashion and Costume Sketch Collection documents the work of 68 American designers. It includes original sketches in pencil, ink, and watercolor, many of which are augmented by fabric swatches. Also included are some photographs of completed garments and notes relating to the designs. The work of the garment industry of New York's Seventh Avenue is heavily represented, along with a smaller amount of material documenting costumes by Broadway and Hollywood designers.

ArchivalResource: 125 print boxes

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Leser, Tina, 1911-1986. Artist file.

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ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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Leser, Tina, 1911-1986.

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Fashion and costume sketch collection: designer files.

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Brooklyn Museum of Art Libraries and Archives,. Fashion and costume sketch collection: designer files.

Title: Fashion and costume sketch collection: designer files.

The designer files include correspondence between designers and librarians Grace Banker and Mary Dorward regarding their project to collect fashion and costume sketches and compile biographical information directly from designers. The original questionnaires (primarily 1942) and typed biographies (compiled by Pratt Institute students in 1954), are included. The files may also contain advertising tearsheets and brochures, clippings, press releases, photographs of garments and designers, invitations, and notes. Of particular note are the more extensive file on Henri Bendel, documenting the 1944 Brooklyn Museum of Art exhibition, "French Fashion Sketches, 1920-1940"; and the Vera Maxwell file, which includes a series of radio broadcast transcripts from the 1940s. Only the files of the following 39 designers contain questionnaires: Adrian, Charles Armour, Brownie, Louise Brune, Bruno, Bonnie Cashin, Jo Copeland, Vincent Coppola, Lilly Dache, Herman Delman, Stephen Erklin, Eta, Louise Gallagher, Edith Head, Philippe Hulitor, Merry Hull, Irene, Vera Jacobs, Omar Kiam, Kiviette, Morris Kraus, Josef S. Lanz, Helen Liebert, Mabs of Hollywood, Claire McCardell, Margot Kops McClintock, Monica, Renee Montague, Germaine Monteil, Mark Moring, Nina Price, Natalie Renke, Nettie Rosenstein, Jean Schlumberger, Adele Simpson, Patricia Spaulding, Jessie Franklin Turner, Joset Walker, Joseph Whitehead.

ArchivalResource: 2 document boxes

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