3.  Fashion model  Designer  Knitwear designer  Children’s line designer  Swimwear designer  Partner & Vice President of Townley  Mademoiselle Merit Award, 1943  Coty American Fashion Critics Award, 1944 & 1958  Neiman Marcus Award, 1948  Women’s National Press Club Award, 1950  Parson’s Medal for Distinguished Achievement Award, 1956

4.  Authored the book: What Shall I Wear? The What, Where, When, and How Much of Fashion  Founder of American ready-to-wear fashion  Named in Life Magazine’s 100 Most Important Americans of the 20 th Century, 1990  Maryland’s Women's’ Hall of Fame

5.  Casual, yet sophisticated & elegant  Functional  Practical  Comfortable  Feminine  Simple  Inexpensive  Clean cuts › Accentuated the female form  Use of nontraditional fabrics › Wool and cotton swimsuits  Monastic › Dartless › Waistless › Bias-cut › Tent-style  Popover › Wrap-around › Unstructured › Utilitarian › Denim  Diaper Swimsuit

6. Popover Dress

7.  Double top-stitching  Brass hardware  Decorative hooks  Metal rivets  Large patch pockets  Empire waists  Leotards  Hoods  Pedal pushers  Dirndl skirts  Fitted bodices  Fitted swimsuits  Full circle skirts  Dresses in: › Manmade fibers › Wool fleece › Denim  Surprising color combinations  Adjustable components › Drawstrings  Necklines  Waists › Spaghetti ties  Mix & match separates

9.  Intuition  Women’s needs › Ready-to-wear › Travel  Madeleine Vionnet  NOT: › French fashion

14. Picture from Vogue Magazine, 1945

19.  Doo Ri Chung  Donna Karan  Anna Sui  Isaac Mizrahi  Cynthia Rowley  Calvin Klein  Elizabeth McKay  Norma Kamali Doo Ri Chung dress

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