Material Category

Photographic Material

Type of Work

photographic prints

Description

Traina-Norell fashion presentation featuring a model wearing a stiff shantung summer coat worn over a black chiffon dress with a straw hat, as indicated in a newspaper article that describes this ensemble from another presentation. The model walks arm-in-arm with a man dressed as a Civil War soldier who is completely covered with metallic paint, presumably for the purpose of playing a statue that has come to life. Although it is unknown where this presentation took place, numerous materials found alongside this photograph indicate that it's probably from a presentation shown in Palm Beach on February 17, 1949, which was described as "dramatic and interesting" by the local newspaper. This photograph was originally part of a larger scrapbook that can now be found in Box OSx-3, Folder 6.

Date

1949

Related people

Norman Norell (designer)
Traina-Norell (Firm) (designer)

Measurements

8 in (width) x 10 in (height)

Use Restrictions

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 

Location

box 5, folder 2

Identifier

KA0035_000046

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