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Geoffrey Beene exhibit]]>
Worn by donor, Cynthia Lee Jenner.]]>
Detail of jacket lining (Object ID #2008.12.01)]]>
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Geoffrey Beene exhibit]]>
Worn by donor, Cynthia Lee Jenner.]]>
Jacket (Object ID #2008.12.01)]]>
Geoffrey Beene exhibit]]>
Designed and built by the Fashion Design student as a couture project in 1981 at Mount Mary College. Val recalls being mentored by Sister Aloyse Hessburg and Charles Kleibacker (especially in fitting). The fabric was purchased from Kovack Fabrics in downtown Milwaukee where she worked for numerous years.]]>
Detail of teddy from front (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Detail of teddy from side (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Detail of teddy from back (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Designer sketch (Object ID #2024.02.02)]]>
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Mount Mary Student and School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) Designs exhibit]]>
Worn with blouse (Object ID #2024.02.01.a), harem pants (Object ID #2024.02.01.b), and belt (Object ID #2024.02.01.c) as part of four piece ensemble.
Accompanied by original sketch of garment (Object ID #2024.02.02).
Designed and built by the Fashion Design student as a couture project in 1981 at Mount Mary College. Val recalls being mentored by Sister Aloyse Hessburg and Charles Kleibacker (especially in fitting). The fabric was purchased from Kovack Fabrics in downtown Milwaukee where she worked for numerous years.]]>
Four piece ensemble (Object ID #2024.02.01.abcd)]]>
Detail of teddy from side (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Detail of teddy from back (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Designer sketch (Object ID #2024.02.02)]]>
Mount Mary Student and School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) Designs exhibit]]>
Worn with blouse (Object ID #2024.02.01.a), harem pants (Object ID #2024.02.01.b), and belt (Object ID #2024.02.01.c) as part of four piece ensemble.
Accompanied by original sketch of garment (Object ID #2024.02.02).
Designed and built by the Fashion Design student as a couture project in 1981 at Mount Mary College. Val recalls being mentored by Sister Aloyse Hessburg and Charles Kleibacker (especially in fitting). The fabric was purchased from Kovack Fabrics in downtown Milwaukee where she worked for numerous years.]]>
Four piece ensemble (Object ID #2024.02.01.abcd)]]>
Detail of teddy from front (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Detail of teddy from back (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Designer sketch (Object ID #2024.02.02)]]>
Mount Mary Student and School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) Designs exhibit]]>
Worn with blouse (Object ID #2024.02.01.a), harem pants (Object ID #2024.02.01.b), and belt (Object ID #2024.02.01.c) as part of four piece ensemble.
Accompanied by original sketch of garment (Object ID #2024.02.02).
Designed and built by the Fashion Design student as a couture project in 1981 at Mount Mary College. Val recalls being mentored by Sister Aloyse Hessburg and Charles Kleibacker (especially in fitting). The fabric was purchased from Kovack Fabrics in downtown Milwaukee where she worked for numerous years.]]>
Four piece ensemble (Object ID #2024.02.01.abcd)]]>
Detail of teddy from front (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Detail of teddy from side (Object ID #2024.02.01.d)]]>
Designer sketch (Object ID #2024.02.02)]]>
Mount Mary Student and School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) Designs exhibit]]>
Four piece ensemble (Object ID #2024.02.01.abcd)]]>
Mount Mary Student and School Sisters of Notre Dame (SSND) Designs exhibit]]>
Mrs. Robb is wearing a yellow dress designed and created by Sister Aloyse Hessburg of Mount Mary. ]]>
Dress (worn by Mrs. Frances Howard Robb)]]>
Sister Aloyse Hessburg exhibit]]>
The recipient's last name is misspelled as "Colman" here; "Coleman" is correct.]]>
Sister Aloyse Hessburg exhibit]]>
Sister Aloyse Hessburg exhibit]]>
Historical Overview of the Mount Mary Fashion Program exhibit]]>
Original caption: “They are, left to right: Sister Mary Remy [Sister Remy Revor], chairman of the art department; Sister Mary John Francis [Sister John Francis Schuh], president of the college; Sister Mary Aloyse [Sister Aloyse Hessburg], co-ordinator of the school’s new fashion design course, who spent two weeks working on the Burke-Amey collection, and Sister Mary Willann [Sister Willann Mertens], chairman of the home economics department.” ]]>
Sister Aloyse Hessburg exhibit]]>
Program Operations exhibit]]>
To see the entire file, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Fashion Design course schedule 1981-82.pdf).]]>
Program Operations exhibit]]>
This item is undated but is likely from 1973-74. (According to the fashion show program from spring 1974, there were five faculty members that year, including the four names listed on this item, and the name "Stowell" doesn't appear in the fashion show programs under "Faculty" in any other program 1972-1982.)]]>
Program Operations exhibit]]>
This item is undated but is likely from 1984.
To see the entire file, click on the pdf file beneath the image (Rationale for Fashion Dept mid-1980s.pdf).]]>
Program Operations exhibit]]>
They received at least three responses from Fashion Design program faculty, linked below.]]>
Letter from Sandra Keiser to Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf, December 20, 1983]]>
Letter from Elaine Zarse to Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf, December 20, 1983]]>
Letter from Barbara Borgwardt to Sister Luetta Wolf, December 22, 1983]]>
Program Operations exhibit]]>
Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty, December 8, 1983]]>
Program Operations exhibit]]>
Letter from Sister Ellen Lorenz and Sister Luetta Wolf to faculty, December 8, 1983]]>
Program Operations exhibit]]>