Tag Archives: Fashion

Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom

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American illustrator Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom (1905-1986)

Image from Stay on the Ride blog post about Ruth Grafstrom
http://stayontheride.blogspot.com/2013/06/ruth-grafstrom.html

“After formal training in Chicago and Paris, Grafstrom entered the field. She worked primarily in fashion illustration…She also took magazine fiction projects, and worked with the Delineator, Cosmopolitan and other women’s mags. Graftstrom secured significant advertising clients, among them Saks, Matson Line, Coty, and Pepsodent.”
https://www.dbdowd.com/illustration-history/2015/11/13/ruth-sigrid-grafstrom

Two Fashionable Young Women, 1931 / Illustration for Vogue magazine

Statues in Satin, 1938 / Illustration for Vogue magazine

Man and dog, 1939 / Illustration for Esquire magazine

Saint, to be loved and adored, 1946 / Magazine ad for Adrian Perfume

Palm Beach Portrait with Sun Hat, 1947 / Original watercolor with colored pen

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Wikipedia~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Sigrid_Grafstrom
American Art Archives~ https://www.americanartarchives.com/grafstrom.htm
Matson Navigation Company Archives~
https://matsonvintageart.com/collections/ruth-sigrid-grafstrom

Designer Edith Head

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Edith Head (1897-1981) was an American costume designer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Head

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Edith Head was…active in film from 1932 to 1982. She was the head designer at Paramount for many years. She married production designer Wiard Ihnen in 1940. Head was nominated by the Academy 35 times in the costume design category. She received Academy Awards for her work on THE HEIRESS (1949), ALL ABOUT EVE (1950), SAMSON AND DELILAH (1949), A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951), ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953), SABRINA (1954), THE FACTS OF LIFE (1960), and THE STING (1973). She authored two books, “The Dress Doctor” and “How to Dress for Success.”

Quote from The Online Archive of California
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c80k29tm/

Dorothy Lamour’s sarong for the 1936 movie The Jungle Princess

Head won her first Academy Award for The Heiress (1949) in 1950

“Fasten your seatbelts” dress for All About Eve

Jacket and Slacks Design for for Kim Novak in Vertigo

Head won her last Academy Award for The Sting (1973) in 1974

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Further reading:
https://www.thecut.com/2013/10/30-fantastic-movie-costumes-by-edith-head.html
https://fidmmuseum.org/category/edith-head
https://www.oscars.org/collection-highlights/edith-head

Born May 15~ Althea McNish

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Althea McNish FSCD (May 15, 1924-April 16, 2020) was a textile designer who rose to prominence in London with her bright, tropical textiles inspired by the colors and landscape of her native Trinidad.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althea_McNish

Painted Desert by Althea McNish / 1959 / Woven cotton satin screen
Various collections, including National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Althea McNish on Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum:
https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/althea-mcnish/zTbcYQWqoKl7Lpv1

Further reading:
https://www.selvedge.org/blogs/selvedge/althea-mcnish-remembered
https://www.libertylondon.com/us/features/design-and-living/archive-althea-mcnish.html
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/althea-mcnish-an-introduction

June 16~ Pride Month

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Horst P. Horst and George Hoyningen-Huene

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After studying at Hamburg in late 1920s, [Horst] soon moved to Paris and was taught by architect Le Corbusier. During his time in Paris, <<<Horst became close with Vogue photographer Baron George Hoyningen-Huene>>>; Horst became his lover and photographic assistant, soon his interests swayed from architecture towards photography. ~https://www.hamiltonsgallery.com/

Mainbocher Corset by Horst P. Horst
1939 / Gelatin silver print / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standing Model with Greek Busts by George Hoyningen-Huene
1934 / Gelatin silver print / The Met, New York, New York

September 13, 1922~ The Straw Hat Riot begins in New York City

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Self-portrait with Straw Hat by Róbert Berény

1906 / Oil on canvas / 23”x17 1/3” / Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

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THE STRAW HAT RIOT OF 1922~ https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/straw-hat-riot/

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Hispanic Artists~September 13

Arnold Schönberg: Born September 13, 1874

Artist Birthday Quiz for 9/13~

Self Portraits~August 30

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Self-Portrait, New York City  by  Richard Avedon

2002 / Gelatin silver print / Sheet: 24 7/8”x57” / Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Self Portrait with Red Braces  by
David Hockney

2003 / Watercolor on paper
/ 24”x18 1/8”
/ Private collection

March 27~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

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Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), American pivotal in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting     http://www.frankenthalerfoundation.org/helen/biography

Nature Abhors a Vacuum / 1973 / Acrylic on canvas / 103 1/2”x112 1/2”

Yayoi Kusama (Born 1929), Japanese self-described “obsessional artist” employs painting, sculpture, performance art, and installation     https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yayoi-Kusama

Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity / 2009 / Wood, metal, glass mirrors, plastic, acrylic paint, LED lighting system, and water / 163 1/2”x163 1/2”x113 1/4”