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[Jed Partridge and Conor McCoy researching a western-style blouse]

Photograph of Jed Partridge and Conor McCoy researching a western-style blouse in the Westheimer Student Research Gallery in the UNT Art Building. The designers conducted research in the Texas Fashion Collection to inform their work in the studio of Kim Jones, the creative director of both Dior Homme and Fendi.

Date: April 6, 2024

Creator: Becker, Annette

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 33.213091 -97.145458

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[UNT Metals Club examining metal embroidery samples]

Photograph of members of the UNT Metals Club examining metal embroidery samples at the UNT Texas Fashion Collection. Students visited the TFC to view artifacts made of metal, and these material samples allowed them a greater understanding of the surface design of many garments.

Date: April 8, 2024

Creator: Becker, Annette

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 33.211296 -97.144192

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Collar Fastener or Clasp

Patent for a collar fastener "which will hold the flaps of a collar properly spaced from each other and insure a secure gripping of the flaps to avoid untidy appearance of the collar" (lines 14-17). Includes illustrations.

Date: June 21, 1921

Creator: Orson, Kelly N.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combination Fan, Score Card, and Megaphone

Patent for a Combination Fan, Score Card, and Megaphone that combines all of the previous items into one and can be easily and cheaply mass-produced for commercial sale.

Date: March 2, 1920

Creator: Asano, George K.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cuff-Holder.

Patent for an improved cuff-holder that is simple and inexpensive, and is "adapted to serve as a sleeve button and a cuff support, and capable of read adjustment to enable the wearer to arrange his cuffs as desired, and to show them beyond the coat sleeve to a greater or less extent" (lines 12-16).

Date: October 2, 1894

Creator: Shaw, Wilber S.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cuff-Holder

"This invention is an improvement in cuff-holders for detachably attaching cuffs to garments; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device whereby the cuff can be readily attached to or detached from the garment without annoyance" (lines 10-15).

Date: July 2, 1901

Creator: Hughes, Russell M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Rain-Skirt

Patent for a garment to protect dress skirts and under skirts from all inclement weather conditions. The garment is comprised of two skirts; the outer skirt is made of a water-resistant material and connects at the bottom with the inner skirt which is made of a lighter material.

Date: July 25, 1911

Creator: Suddick, Louise F.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes-Rack

Patent for Clothes Rack. This helps dry clothes indoors when the weather is bad outside.

Date: March 22, 1921

Creator: Wells, Lillie Bell

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Clothes Pin or Clamp

Patent for a more durable metal clothes pin.

Date: November 25, 1919

Creator: Townley, Percy

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Child's Bib.

Patent for improvement in children’s bibs, by providing bibs with a pocket at its lower end to catch any food or drink that might be dropped or spilled, thereby preventing soiling of the clothes and the carpet or floor. (Lines 12-16) Illustration is included.

Date: June 25, 1901

Creator: Ziller, Robert L.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Kent's Glasses, 2015]

Photograph of a pair of glasses positioned against a white background. The glasses' arms are folded behind it and smudges liter the glass. [2015, Nashville, TN]

Date: 2015

Creator: Doherty, Richard, 1951-

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Buckle Attachment.

Patent for a buckle attachment for buckles that do not use riveting, sewing or other fastening, "and when so placed together, and the strap inserted and buckled, the whole is as firmly held together as if riveted, sewed or fastened with any of the ordinary methods" (lines 13-16).

Date: January 23, 1894

Creator: Anderson, Samuel C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Button.

Patent for a button that can fit in any buttonhole. It is "a bar having a button or know affixed thereto and having key-hole-slots, of a button attached to an arm having a tongue and a contracted offset portion adjacent thereto and between the same and the button carried thereby, the said tongue being of a thickness substantially the same as the width of the slot" (lines 55-62).

Date: July 21, 1896

Creator: Burroughs, John J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buckle

Patent for an improved buckle that will hold straps in place, particularly those straps with irregularly sized and spaced openings.

Date: May 29, 1901

Creator: Pool, Robert C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Button

Patent for a button that holds articles of clothing securely with a combination of rings

Date: January 11, 1916

Creator: Karger, Rose

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Buckle.

Patent for a "buckle which may be quickly and readily attached to or detached from the straps and which will permit of the ready and rapid adjustment of the straps and at the same time will positively hold the same in their adjusted positions" (lines 13-18).

Date: September 1, 1903

Creator: Pool, Robert C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Badge.

Patent for a badge that is to be pinned or worn upon the coat or other garment with the representation of the human eye that is capable of being winked or moved. The bade is to be used for advertising, humor or salutations, included illustration.

Date: December 30, 1913

Creator: Connor, James

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department