Mount Mary University Digital Collections

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  • Royal blue suede coat; Peter Pan collar; 7/8 length kimono sleeves; 4 large covered buttons at center front opening; two patch pockets on thighs; lined in black taffeta; knee length. Label missing.

    Based on the time period this was likely designed for Maurice Rentner Limited.

    Worn by the donor, Joan Urdan, who worked in the fashion industry in New York in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.
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  • Fuchsia Irish linen day dress; round neckline; short sleeves; neckline and pockets have white button and bound buttonhole details; top-stitched extended bib into open pockets, sewn into side seams; center back invisible zipper closure; unlined; short length.
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  • White lace Chanel style jacket; jewel neckline; hidden snap center front closure with 5 black braid buttons; long straight sleeves with 2 braid buttons at cuffs; 2 mock pockets with flap/button at bust; 2 single welt pockets with flap/button at hip; scalloped lace edging on all edges and pocket flaps.
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  • Man's white muslin tuxedo shirt; wing collar; 10 tucks on front; French cuffs. A couple of buttons are missing.
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  • Light steel blue double knit ensemble. A. Dress; jewel collar; plain short sleeves; raglan-style yoke at front and back of bodice; insets below each sleeve, extending through waist seam and into straight, fitted skirt; mandarin-style closure at left front yoke seam with four carved wooden buttons, self-fabric loops, and snap at neck; zipper closure in left front inset seam; side seam pockets; fully lined; knee length. B. Cape; funnel collar; mandarin-style closure at left front with four carved wooden buttons; front and back have matching center insets, front is open along these seams below chest level; fully lined; just past elbow length.

    Made by Mount Mary Fashion student Donna Boehm.
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  • Light steel blue double knit ensemble. A. Dress; jewel collar; plain short sleeves; raglan-style yoke at front and back of bodice; insets below each sleeve, extending through waist seam and into straight, fitted skirt; mandarin-style closure at left front yoke seam with four carved wooden buttons, self-fabric loops, and snap at neck; zipper closure in left front inset seam; side seam pockets; fully lined; knee length.

    Worn with cape (Object ID #2006.01.14.b) to form two piece ensemble.

    Made by Mount Mary Fashion student Donna Boehm.
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  • Chartreuse silk taffeta mini dress; princess style; square neckline; long smocked sleeves.

    Made by Mount Mary Fashion student Kay Richter Bogust in the early 1970s.
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  • Brown crepe dress; standing collar; dropped waistband; short gathered skirt; long raglan bishop sleeves with cuffs; center back covered ball button with faggotted strip closure over hand-picked zipper; lined in beige silk.

    Created by Sister Aloyse Hessburg's student, Kay Richter Bogust, for the 1970 couture class.
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  • A. Blue wool crepe dress; cowl collar; short kimono sleeves; modified princess seams; six gored skirt; mini length. B. Blue wool crepe belt.

    Made by Mount Mary Fashion student Kay Richter Bogust.
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  • A. Blue wool crepe dress; cowl collar; short kimono sleeves; modified princess seams; six gored skirt; mini length.

    Worn with belt (Object ID #2000.22.b).

    Made by Mount Mary Fashion student Kay Richter Bogust.
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  • Detail of brown crepe dress to show double bodice in back.
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  • Navy blue and white wool box jacket; large pointed convertible collar; long sleeves with cuffs. B. Navy blue and white wool skirt; gored; 2 panels front and back.

    Worn by Mona von Bismarck Williams. From Dior's Spring/Summer 1975 Collection, designed by Marc Bohan.
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  • Wireframe of a revised Digital Fashion Archive homepage, created by students in the Fall 2023 User Experience Interface Design taught by Mary Burton, Assistant Professor of UX Design, at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • Presentation about the redesign of the Digital Fashion Archive, created by students in the Fall 2023 User Experience Interface Design taught by Mary Burton, Assistant Professor of UX Design, at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

    Click the thumbnail image to see all the slides in the presentation.

  • Wireframe of a revised Digital Fashion Archive collections page, created by students in the Fall 2023 User Experience Interface Design taught by Mary Burton, Assistant Professor of UX Design, at Mount Mary University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

  • Peach silk brocade evening dress; brocade has florals in gray and metallic gold florals in discontinuous weft threads; low square neckline; bodice gathered into waistline; left side snap closures; short flared skirt; sewn-in slip of peach silk.

    Made by the donor, Barb Newby Borgwardt, as a Mount Mary Fashion student.
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  • A letter from Barbara Borgwardt, part-time instructor in the Fashion Design Program at Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), to Sister Luetta Wolf, expressing support for "keeping this [Fashion Design] program separate from the others." This was in response to the "Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty, December 8, 1983" (linked below).
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  • Fashion illustration of the front and back of a woman in a jumpsuit with terraced sleeves and pleated bell bottoms as well as low heels. A piece of fabric matching the drawing is attached to the paper. The artist name is Barbara Newby and there is no date. Watercolor, pastels, and pen on construction paper. Measurements: 16 x 20 inches.

    Barbara Newby Borgwardt was a Fashion Design major, Class of 1970. She later served as a member of the Fashion Department faculty at Mount Mary after she graduated.
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  • Fashion illustration of a woman in an orange and red mini dress with a black and white houndstooth coat overlay. Four views, two with coat and hat, two without. Fabric for coat is attached as a white and black houndstooth swatch. Date is 3/20/1968 and artist name is Barbara Newby. Watercolor, pastels, and pen on construction paper. Measurements: 18 x 24 inches.

    Barbara Newby Borgwardt was a Fashion Design major, Class of 1970. She later served as a member of the Fashion Department faculty at Mount Mary after she graduated.
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  • Fashion illustration of a woman in a black and white graphic design mini dress and low heels with a jacket overlay. Two images with jacket, two without. Fabric for the dress and fabric is included as a swatch. Date is 2/26/1968 and artist name is Barbara Newby. Watercolor, pastels, and pen on construction paper. Measurements: 18 x 24 inches.

    Barbara Newby Borgwardt was a Fashion Design major, Class of 1970. She later served as a member of the Fashion Department faculty at Mount Mary after she graduated.
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