Norman Norell collection, 1936-1946.

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Norman Norell collection, 1936-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122377185

Collection consists of 125 file cards, many with accompanying color photographs of hats made to accessorize Norell's Spring 1965 collection. Information on the cards includes a description of the hat, hours required to make it, materials used, manufacturer's price and wholesale price. Occasionally there are notes about sales of the various hats to such department stores as Neiman Marcus or I. Magnin. Of the 125 hats described, 77 were designed by Halston, then at the height of his fame as a millinery designer. Of these 77, 46 are described and 31 have an accompanying photograph.

2.5 linear in. (1 box)

Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Gladys Marcus Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6694791

Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Gladys Marcus Library

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Norell, Norman, 1900-1972

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Norman Norell, born Norman David Levinson, was often called the "Dean of American fashion". Know equally for his simple, extremely well-made, pared down day clothes and for his dramatic looks for evening, he had the rare ability to translate the characteristics of French couture into American ready-to-wear. Norell was the first designer to win a Coty American Fashion Critics Award (in 1943) and the first to be elected to the Coty Award Hall of Fame. Both Halston and Adolfo designed millinery to ...

Halston, 1932-1990

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Born Roy Halston Frowick in Des Moines, Iowa, Halston began his career in millinery and made his mark with his design for the pillbox hat worn by Jacqueline Kennedy at her husband's inauguration. Dubbed by Newsweek as the premier fashion designer in America in the 1960's, Halston's career began to falter as he succumbed to drug use and failed to meet deadlines. In 1984 he was fired from his own company and lost the right to design and sell clothes under his own name. From the descrip...

Norman Norell Co.

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