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Illustration
Fashion illustration of a woman in a long white fur coat with blue sleeves and matching blue cap and belt. Description at bottom right reads "white mink coa with sky blue suede set-in sleeves under cap sleeves. Sky blue suede belt. Center front hook closings". Marked "A" at top left. Signed "V. Studelska '72". Measurements: 11 x 13.75 inhces. A form on the back indicates that this was submitted to a Design Competition for Saga Mink.
Victoria Studelska Swoverland was a Fashion Design major, Class of 1973. -
Illustration
Fashion illustration of a woman in a light brown fur vest with chunky belt and black turtleneck underneath. There is a black and white sketch of the back view and a detail sketch of the buckle. Description at bottom left reads "Pastel mink wrapped vest. Rust suede belt with cast metal sunburst buckle with oxidized detail. Wear it with: body stocking, pants, suits, evening skirts". Marked "B" at top left. Signed "V. Studelska '72". Measurements: 11 x 13.75 inhces. A form on the back indicates that this was submitted to a Design Competition for Saga Mink.
Victoria Studelska Swoverland was a Fashion Design major, Class of 1973. -
Illustration
Fashion illustration of a woman wearing a dark red and black evening gown and cape. Signed "Iva Braovac". Post-it note on back, likely from Sister Aloyse sharing grade and feedback on the illustration. Pen, paint, and metallic paint on board. Measurements: 11 x 16.5 inches.
Iva Braovac was a Fashion Design major in the early 1990s, but her graduation year is unknown. -
Illustration
Black and white fashion illustration of woman in fur coat and boots. Text at lower right reads "A white mink wrap coat with notched lapel collar and black crushed leather belt". Signed "Jody Weiss". Ink of paper mounted to board. Measurements: 12 x 17 inches. A form on the back indicates that this was submitted to a Design Competition for Saga Mink.
Jody Weiss was a Fashion Design major, likely Class of 1974. -
Illustration
Multicolored fashion illustration of 7 women. One wears a blue floral dress, another a red and white floral jumpsuit, the third wears a black top and red and white gingham skirt with 1920s style cloche, the fourth wears a mod turtleneck and leggings with a black and white striped mini dress on top, the fifth wears a long loodr white hanbok style dress with red polka dots, and the final two wear 1920s inspired Art Deco style blue and purple outfits. Watercolor, marker, pastels, and pen on board. Signed "Kathie Enright" at bottom right. Measurements: 17 x 20 inches.
Kathie Enright was a Fashion Design major, Class of 1971. -
Illustration
Black and white fashion illustration of woman in dress with long pleated sleeves. Charcoal on paper mounted within matting board with plastic on top. Signed "B.B." 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. This piece might have been completed while she was a faculty member teaching Fashion Illustration. -
Illustration
Black and white fashion illustration of woman in jacket with puffed sleeves, skirt, and black belt. Charcoal on paper mounted within matting board with plastic on top. Signed "BB." 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. This piece might have been completed while she was a faculty member teaching Fashion Illustration. From the style of garment pictured, this appears to have been completed in the 1980s. -
Illustration
Black and white fashion illustration of woman in floral print dress with tie belt, large picture hat, and headscarf. Charcoal on paper mounted within matting board with plastic on top. Signed "B. B. '75". 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. This piece might have been completed while she was a faculty member teaching Fashion Illustration. -
Illustration
Fashion illustration of 2 women. First woman wears dress with red and green floral print. The second woman wears a jacket or overdress with yellow and green floral print and shorts with orange and purple print. Charcoal and pastels on construction paper. Signed "Barbara Newby '70". Measurements: 15 x 19 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. -
Illustration
Fashion illustration of 3 women from the torso up. The first woman wears a dark maroon dress with beige jacket and black gloves. The middle woman wears a large dark picture hat and red sweater. The third woman wears a deep maroon dress and yellow bolero jacket. Watercolor and charcoal on board. Signed "B. Borgwardt". Measurements: 13.1 x 16.75 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. This piece was completed while she was a faculty member teaching Fashion Illustration. -
Illustration
Fashion illustration of woman in white evening or wedding gown with rose detail at hip. Signed "P Thao 9-96' ". Pastels, oil, and pencil on paper. Lace trim swatch taped to paper. Measurements: 15.5 x 19.5 inches.
This design was featured in the 1997 Fashion Show "Are you Woman Enough?" and an illustration by a different artist was showcased in the program. Pafoua Thao was a Fashion Design major, likely Class of 1997. -
Illustration
Fashion illustration of front and back views of woman in strapless silvery gray evening gown with wrap. Paint, pencil, colored pencil, and small rhinestones on paper mounted within mat board. No artist or date, but the style appears to be late 1990s-early 2000s. Measurements: 16 x 20 inches. -
Illustration
Fashion illlustration of front and back views of woman in champagne colored evening gown. Watercolor, pencil, and glitter paint on paper mounted to construction paper. White trim glued along border. Signed "Keleigh" with "Kelly Frohrib Couture 02' " on back lower right corner. The illustration might depict a preliminary version of Kelly's evening gown in the Fashion Archive (Object ID #2002.89.01). Measurements: 11.9 x 15.5 inches.
Kelly Frohrib was a Fashion Design major, likely Class of 2003. -
Inside of dress
A. Brown silk taffeta dress; V-neckline; small rolled collar; long sleeves; shirred rounded panels at midriff to hipline; very full gathered skirt drops from panels. Worn with petticoat (Object ID #1985.31.b).
Worn by the donor's mother, Estelle Collins Naughton, as a "Mother of the Bride" dress at the donor's wedding on November 27, 1954. -
Invoice from A. Werner
An invoice from A. Werner - Silversmiths and Electro Platers listing items purchased by Sister Aloyse Hessburg for the mother-of-the-groom dress she designed and created for Mrs. Frances Howard Robb, for the wedding of her son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967.
This invoice refers to the 4 buttons for the dress that Sister Rosemarita Huebner created. The invoice is dated 11/24 (1967) and according to Sister Aloyse's notes, the buttons were ready by 11/28. -
Invoice from W. Morton Brown, Inc.
An invoice from W. Morton Brown, Inc. - Milliner's Supplies and Ideas listing items purchased by Sister Aloyse Hessburg for the mother-of-the-groom dress she designed and created for Mrs. Frances Howard Robb, for the wedding of her son Charles Robb to Lynda Bird Johnson, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the White House on December 9, 1967. Besides the dress, Sister Aloyse created the matching hat.
According to this invoice, $25.86 was spent on a hat form, ribbons, beads, thread snaps, gloves, and shoes. -
Issey Miyake suit
Taupe wool broadcloth suit. A. Jacket; polished tricot brown and black floral vest and trim attached as embellishment on jacket extending to back, shawl collar, slight shoulder pads, long set-in two-piece sleeves, sleeve back is floral tricot, patch pockets on chest with buttoned flap, center front closure of four buttons, buttons are silver tone with similar floral motif in khaki and black, lined in taupe taffeta. B. Pants; contour waistband, center front fly zipper, slash single welt pocket in front, long narrow legs with zipper in back, eight buttons on each leg up the side seam from the hem, unlined.
This item is from Fall/Winter 2006-2007. -
Itinerary for 1975 tour of fashion manufacturing plants
Itinerary for a five-day trip in August 1975 to visit fashion manufacturing plants in the Midwest. Stops included the Stanbury Band Uniform plant (Brookfield, Missouri), the Allen-A plant (Piqua, Ohio), the Sand Knit plant (either Waupun or Berlin, Wisconsin, or possibly locations in both towns), and the "sox factory" (possibly Portage Hosiery Company) in Portage, Wisconsin. Members of the Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) fashion design program undertook this trip. -
Jack Winter, Inc. letter to buyers
A form letter from Jack Winter, Inc. clothing manufacturer to store buyers, which accompanied sketches of the Holiday 1973 designs for the store buyers to peruse.