pattern
date: label: Date made
content: 1945-1946
name: label: maker
content: Charlotte Villaret
notes: label: Description
content: Pattern; natural coarse muslin; lengths of fabric cut and shaped as a strapless full-length gown with flared skirt; two lengthwise seams sewn together with white thread and pieces of coarse dark blue thread from previous seam along two other sides; red chalk marks around inside edges and on surface of panels; frayed edges all around; pinned on with straight pin in vicinity of wasit is swatch of green silk taffeta; measures 52 1/2" (132.7 cm) down longest panel.
label: Description
content: This pattern was used to make a dress for a dressmaker/designer contest in NYC in 1945; 1994.0263.002 was a copy of the dress entered in contest.
label: Description
content: Donor was daughter of Charlotte Villaret. Villaret worked for Valentina, Muriel King, and Charles James in late 1930s through 1950s; then was in business for herself in New York and San Antonio, Texas. According to donor, Villaret's clients included Elise A. Roosevelt, Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, Grace Moore and Lily Pons. The Smithsonian accepted some Villaret garments from donor and the rest went to Marymount University's Costume and Textile collection.
label: Description
content: A short biography of Villaret written by donor includes personal anecdotes about her experience working for Muriel King and Charles James. See accession file for details.
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Ginette V. Patch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1994.0263.007
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pattern