Image of a young woman standing on a platform modeling a dress that is being fitted or trimmed. Taken in a Mount Mary College classroom circa 1932-1939.
Sister Aloyse Hessburg holds a dress she designed and created, standing in what appears to be a fashion department classroom. The dress was worn by Mrs. Frances Howard Robb (wife of James Robb) at the White House wedding of her son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, on December 9, 1967.
Sister Aloyse Hessburg, SSND, of Mount Mary College stands with the dress she designed, made, and fitted on Mrs. Frances Howard Robb (wife of James Robb), worn at the White House wedding of Mrs. Robb's son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, on December 9, 1967.
The picture was likely taken at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This photograph appeared in the Sunday Post-Tribune on March 17, 1968. No photographer was credited. It may have also appeared in other newspapers; it was likely an AP or UPI photograph.
Pauline Trigère demonstrating her cutting and draping technique with a live model in the Mount Mary Fashion Department during her visit to campus in November or December 1973. The coat she is working on is part of the Digital Fashion Archive (Object ID #2003.04.01).
Letter from Hildegarde to Sister Aloyse Hessburg, April 26, 1982, in which Hildegarde discusses the upcoming fundraiser at Mount Mary College at which she will be performing.
Image of Sister Aloyse Hessburg, Hildegarde, and Charles Kleibacker at Mount Mary College in September 1982. Hildegarde performed as part of a fundraiser for Mount Mary to help maintain the campus. The outfit Hildegarde is wearing is in the Digital Fashion Archive (Object ID #2002.84.25.AB).
Group photo of the Charles Robb and Lynda Bird Johnson wedding party at the White House, December 9, 1967. President Lyndon Johnson is standing fourth from left. His daughter Lynda Bird Johnson is in the middle, wearing a dress designed by Geoffrey Beene. Mrs. Frances Howard Robb (wife of James Robb, mother of Charles Robb) is third from right, wearing a yellow dress designed and created by Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary.
A brief letter from Sister Aloyse Hessburg to Bonnie Cashin in which the former discusses her trip with Mount Mary College students to visit the latter's New York studio.
A flyer for a show sponsored by the Mount Mary College Fashion Department featuring Bonnie Cashin's designs at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) in February 1991. Cashin attended the show in person. The "Historic Costume Collection" was the previous name of Mount Mary's Fashion Archive.
