Object Title
Townley Frocks 1932
Part of
Collection: Claire McCardell fashion sketches
Material Category
Drawing/Painting/Print
Type of Work
sketches
Description
McCardell continued to work as an assistant for designer Robert Turk at Townley Frocks, Inc. until Turk died unexpectedly in a boating accident during this year. McCardell finished Turk's Fall 1932 collection and was promoted to full designer status at Townley at the age of 27. Her designs were still primarily based on copying and adapting French fashion, and Parisian designer names such as Augusta Bernard, Coco Chanel, Marie-Louise Bruyère, Madeleine Vionnet, and Elsa Schiaparelli appear on a number of the sketches in this series. Additionally, many of the sketches feature names that include Gimbel, Hartman, Boggs, Wie Gant, Paramount, Blumenthal, Miss Jupiter, and Mrs. L. Knott-Odgen, presumably referring to clients, manufacturers, and retailers. Designs in this series continue to adhere to the trends of the early 1930s with calf-length skirts and bias cuts. A large number also feature kimono sleeves, pique trim, and jabot collars.
Date
circa 1932
Related people
Claire McCardell (designer)
Townley Frocks (Firm) (commissioner)
Measurements
8.5 in (width) x 11 in (height)
Use Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Location
binders 5-11
Identifier
KA0082_000005
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Material Category
Drawing/Painting/PrintType of Work
sketchesDescription
McCardell continued to work as an assistant for designer Robert Turk at Townley Frocks, Inc. until Turk died unexpectedly in a boating accident during this year. McCardell finished Turk's Fall 1932 collection and was promoted to full designer status at Townley at the age of 27. Her designs were still primarily based on copying and adapting French fashion, and Parisian designer names such as Augusta Bernard, Coco Chanel, Marie-Louise Bruyère, Madeleine Vionnet, and Elsa Schiaparelli appear on a number of the sketches in this series. Additionally, many of the sketches feature names that include Gimbel, Hartman, Boggs, Wie Gant, Paramount, Blumenthal, Miss Jupiter, and Mrs. L. Knott-Odgen, presumably referring to clients, manufacturers, and retailers. Designs in this series continue to adhere to the trends of the early 1930s with calf-length skirts and bias cuts. A large number also feature kimono sleeves, pique trim, and jabot collars.Date
circa 1932Related people
Claire McCardell (designer)Townley Frocks (Firm) (commissioner)
Measurements
8.5 in (width) x 11 in (height)Use Restrictions
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Location
binders 5-11Identifier
KA0082_000005There’s more! What you see on this site is only what is viewable online. Please visit archives.newschool.edu to find out more about what’s in the archives.