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Ensemble - Dress and Coat

Description: (At Left) Evening ensemble of brown silk shantung. The camisole is sleeveless, with a boat neckline. Center back closure with 10 small circular buttons covered with matching fabric. The blouse is lined in dark brown silk, and has an inner structure of net and metal boning. The understructure extends below the top to give structure to the skirt. The inner net and boning layer has a center back closure of 14 hook-and-eyes, matching along same line as outer closure. The skirt is of matching ma… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Dior, Christian
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Ball Gown

Description: Ball gown of pink silk taffeta. The off-the-shoulder design has several layers of cream colored Chantilly lace around the neckline/shoulder edge. The dress itself is of bright fuchsia pink silk taffeta with ties over each arm. The bodice is seamed and fitted, with a left side seam zipper. The attached matching taffeta skirt is gathered and draped horizontally, and has several layers of Chantilly lace at hem. The skirt has three hoops under the lining.
Date: Spring 1955
Creator: Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Cocktail Dress

Description: Cocktail dress of black silk faille and white lawn with black embroidered scallops. Wide boat neckline, short sleeves, natural waistline, princess seaming. Heavy black faille overskirt pleated into waist, cut higher at front to show underskirt of white lawn. Underskirt has horizontal bands of triple lines of scallops, scalloped lower edge of underskirt. Built in hoop understructure with petersham belt and four steel (?) internal hoops. Overlay with petticoat of white cotton with wide horsehai… more
Date: 1955/1960
Creator: Norell, Norman, 1900-1972
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Maternity blouse

Description: Maternity blouse of black silk crepe and peacock feathers; Tunic style; sleeveless; shoulder straps connect front to back with button of self-covered fabric; drop waist; three tiers of peacock feathers above hem Designer Label: Page Boy / Dallas
Date: 1955/1965
Creator: Page Boy Maternity
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Clipping: Stump Thumper]

Description: Newspaper clipping from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch with articles about a Stump Driver in Arkansas, new garment pieces for woman, advertisements, the Rose Parade, hospital stays, and a building demolition.
Date: January 9, 1955
Creator: Witman, Arthur
Location: None
Partner: Rosenberg Library

Cocktail Dress

Description: Cocktail dress of large plaid orange, green, purple, and red raw and china silk. The dress is sleeveless, ankle-length, with red/orange raw silk halter-top bodice, "shawl" of same which is attached at mid-back and drapes over shoulders and across front. Lined in pale green. Skirt of dress is of silk, with large, plaid squares of reds, oranges, greens, and purples. Attached cummerbund style belt which buttons in back with 5 self-covered buttons and loops. Center back zipper Lined in light gold … more
Date: 1955
Creator: Bayh, Frederick Gibson
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[News Script: Wool show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fashion show featuring exclusively woolen clothing hosted by the Dallas Advertising League at the Baker Hotel in Dallas.
Date: February 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Male individual posing for a photo]

Description: Photograph of a male individual posing for a photo. The male is sitting in front of a potted tree in a courtyard. The male has a surprised look on his face. He is dressed in a two-piece plaid suit with an unbuttoned collar button-up shirt underneath.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Female individual posing for a photo, 3]

Description: Photograph of a female individual posing for a photo. The female is sitting in front of a potted tree in a courtyard. The female is smiling, dressed in a ruffled button-up long-sleeve blouse with high waisted trousers, and accessorized with hoop earrings.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two well-dressed individuals posing for a photo, 2]

Description: Photograph of 2 well-dressed individuals posing for a photo. The two individuals are photographed in a courtyard. The two individuals are both dressed in semi-professional attire and standing in front of a potted tree. The individual to the left has a serious look on his face and is wearing glasses, a turtle neck, and a double-breasted blazer. The individual to the right is smiling and wearing a three-piece suit with a button-up shirt with an open collar underneath.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Two well-dressed individuals posing for a photo]

Description: Photograph of 2 well-dressed individuals posing for a photo. The two individuals are photographed in a courtyard. The two individuals are both dressed in semi-professional attire and standing in front of a potted tree. The individual to the left has a serious look on his face and is wearing glasses, a turtle neck, and a double breasted blazer. The individual to the right is smiling and wearing a three peice suit with a button up shirt with a open collar underneath.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Male individual posing for a photo, 2]

Description: Photograph of a male individual posing for a photo. The male is sitting in front of a potted tree in a courtyard. The male has a slight grin on his face. He is dressed in a two-piece plaid suit with an unbuttoned collar button-up shirt underneath. The photo is taken at a slight downward angle.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Male individual posing for a photo, 3]

Description: Photograph of a male individual posing for a photo. The male is sitting in front of a potted tree in a courtyard. The male has a slight grin on his face and is looking off into the distance. He is dressed in a two-piece plaid suit with an unbuttoned collar button-up shirt underneath. The photo is taken at a slight downward angle.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Female individual posing for a photo, 2]

Description: Photograph of a female individual posing for a photo. The female is sitting in front of a potted tree in a courtyard. The female is smiling, dressed in a ruffled button-up long-sleeve blouse with high waisted trousers, and accessorized with hoop earrings. Photographed at a slight downward angle.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Female individual posing for a photo]

Description: Photograph of a female individual posing for a photo. The female is sitting in front of a potted tree in a courtyard. The female is smiling, dressed in a ruffled button-up long-sleeve blouse with high waisted trousers, and accessorized with hoop earrings.
Date: [1955..1980]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Evening dress

Description: Ensemble of white taffeta with purple, blue, and pink ikat design giving the effect of impressionistic scrawling A) Skirt, full length with draped panels that cross over and are secured with a tie at the center back B) Top is tunic length; sleeveless; round neckline, draped wit darts at bust.
Date: 1955
Creator: Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Child's dress

Description: Child's dress of black and white plaid or check cotton, peter pan collar, short set in sleeves, harness or suspenders of self buttoned to wide belt of red velvet, with collar and sleeves and straps trimmed in black piping, skirt gathered at waist with cartridge pleating, center back button closure, label at center back neckline "Neiman Marcus"
Date: 1955/1959
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Children's dress

Description: Children's wear dress of light pink cotton, bib of horizontal pin tucks at center front from neckline to waist, collar and short set-in sleeves and bib trimmed in white machine made bobbin lace, lace insert at center of bib, skirt gathered at natural waist, tea length, wide seam allowance at hem, center back button placket
Date: 1955/1959
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Leather pumps

Description: Pumps of white leather with perforated vap, pointed toe box, low rounded throat accented with square "buckle" detail of self, low stiletto heel. Markings L&R: "Made in Italy for / Neiman Marcus"
Date: 1955/9965
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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