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Dress

Description: Signed design for dress or skirt ensemble. Color sketch illustrates a blue dress with open-work, beaded(?) bodice and wide, square neckline with cap sleeves. Tightly pleated/ruched bodice and hips. Cummerbund style waist and wide panel below hips are trimmed to match bodice. Tightly gathered or pleated skirt is below knee length. Signature of designer is at lower left hem of dress.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Dress

Description: Signed design for dress. Color sketch illustrates the full length view of a dress with gored, pieced shoulders and standing neckline. Elbow length sleeves in wrapped style. Street length skirt gives wrapped style effect. Hat on model's head. Designer's signature at model's feet.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Dress

Description: Dress of ombré dark green to orange plaid. Below knee length. V-shaped neckline, following the line of the plaid. Short dolman sleeves with underarm gussets. Set-in waistline with contoured under bust and gathered at straight waistline; backed in black cotton. Wide inverted box pleat at center front. Center back zipper at base of V-shaped back. White grosgrain petersham has been cut when dress was altered. Unlined. Designer's label: "Anne Fogarty / Margot Inc." Retailer's label: "Neiman-Marcus"
Date: 1950/1955
Creator: Fogarty, Anne, 1919-1980

Dress

Description: Dress of pale grey-green, red and blue silk in paisley-like organic print. Square boat neck; cap sleeves; bodice cut on bias. Center front seam; waist darts reach to bust. Waist seam; full circle skirt with release pleats; below knee-length. Center back zipper; lined around hips for structure; grosgrain petersham. Designer label at base of zipper: Trigère / New York Retailer's label: Neiman-Marcus b) Belt of self-fabric with buckle. Leather backing with "Trigere" stamped into leather.
Date: 1950/1965
Creator: Trigère, Pauline

Dress

Description: Impressionist dress of green, purple, blue print rayon; scoop neckline; sleeveless; horizontal tucks across bodice; straight knee-length skirt has tucks into waistline and box pleats on back; CB zipper. Two labels: Ceil Chapman label inside, back, near waist, and Neiman-Marcus store label back, at neck, near zipper.
Date: 1950/1955
Creator: Chapman, Ceil

Dress

Description: Cocktail dress of red chiffon. Knee length; long dolman sleeves. Sheer bodice with ruched waist band. Attached under slip of matching red chiffon over red silk. Center back zipper closure. Designer Label: Howard Greer / Bruce MacIntosh Retailer Label: Marie Leavell
Date: 1950/1959
Creator: Greer, Howard

Dress

Description: Girl's dress of sheer off-white organza with repeating 7" red and pink flowers and green stem embroidery. Straight neckline; thin straps which tie close at shoulders; sleeveless. Pleated bodice; zipper closure at left side seam. Two waist darts; gathered skirt with two rows of embroidery pattern separated by three rows of pleats. Attached waist sash. Bodice lined in linen; skirt lined in double layer of sheer organza.
Date: 1950/1955

Dress Ensemble

Description: Design for dress and coat ensemble. Color sketch illustrates white dress with blue coat trimmed in white. Two versions of dress at sides of main illustration with designer's notes on fabric contents of linen on left hand dress with pleated shoulders, and pique and silk on dress with inserted waist on right. Fabric swatches attached at upper left hand corner of design sketch.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Dress Ensemble

Description: Design for dress ensemble. Black outline sketch illustrates the front view of a sheath style dress and a hip length jacket or coat with wide revers neckline and long, wide sleeves. Shoulders curve to center front opening and around sides to form deep pockets.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Dress with tulle skirt

Description: Evening dress of tulle; white; floor length; strapless; waist at top of hip; cording at top of bodice and between bodice and skirt; diagonal and vertical gathering on bodice; skirt waist is gathered; 1/4" rhinestones on left bust and right hip; baby blue bow at right hip; 3 layers of tulle; yellow lining; 6 strips of boning in bodice; lapped zipper CB; hook and eye at top and waist CB over zipper. Designer Label: Clifton Wilhite
Date: 1950/1955
Creator: Wilhite, Clifton

Embellished gloves

Description: Gloves of black suede. 3/4 length (mid-forearm); trimmed in gold sequins stitched on in elongated Z pattern, from fingers to the end. Designer Stamp: Exclusive with Neiman-Marcus Co. (blue ink) Misc. Stamp (Interior): 53 (yellow ink) Size Stamp: 6 1/4 (blue ink) Manufacturer Stamp: Handmade (blue ink) Misc. Stamp (Interior): 6 1/4 (yellow ink) Remnants of an adhesive paper label interior left glove near the Retailer Stamp.
Date: 1950/1959

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the front view of an A-line gown in wrapped design with asymmetric hem. Inserted or cummerbund waist. Wide neckline, waist and opening trimmed lace or embroidery; lower half of front opening appears trimmed in feathers. Designer's handwritten note at upper right of sketch.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates full, back view of dress with deep V-shaped, heavily embellished neckline. Full length, column style skirt is accented at back side panels which wrap to front.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the full length, front view of column style dress with curved, strapless neckline. Curved, embellished detail at left side matches right side detail curving into gathered, trumpet shaped left side hem. Designer's handwritten note at right states: "embroidered / with gold beads".
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates fitted blue dress with strapless neckline. Bodice of dress shows overlapping/woven panels coming to points at shoulders. Tips of points are glittered. Designer's note to right of sketch states "with stones / or jewelry?".
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Sketch of dark gray bias striped gown. Fitted, full length dress has fan-shaped detail below knees. High neckline; long fitted sleeves.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Outline sketch in blue illustrates the front view of a sheath style dress with an asymmetric neckline. Left side shoulder strap extends across bodice and around the waist. Skirt is trimmed with bands matching the bodice.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening or wedding dress. Color sketch illustrates three views of a dress with a lace illusion neckline that forms a deep V in back. Fitted ruched skirt with ruffle at hem gathers to large bow at back hips with tiered, ruffled train. Third view shows front of dress with matching lace cape.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the front view of a gown with double yoked, V-shaped neckline and long sleeves with bell shaped cuffs. Shoulders, sleeves and left side of dress accented with curled trim.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the full length, front view of a white dress. Strapless neckline with V-shaped cutouts at sides. Full length tunic style skirt has asymmetric upper skirt which closes at left hip with five tabs; vent at left side hem.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the full length, front view of a purple, trumpet style gown. Asymmetric neckline drapes at right shoulder. Draped detail at hips matches neckline. Two fabric swatches at top of sketch with handwritten notes state "pure silk" and "peau de soie".
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening dress. Color sketch illustrates the full front view of a light green column inspired gown with right shoulder asymmetric neckline. Left neckline strap drapes across bodice and across right side of dress and joins at left side of skirt at knee area.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli

Evening Dress

Description: Design for evening or wedding dress. Color sketch illustrates an A-line gown with asymmetric, wrapped front bordered in heavy trim. Wide neckline; sleeveless.
Date: 1950/1969
Creator: Wolff, Lilli
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