Visual Research

Daren Pierce – http://blog.fitnyc.edu/materialmode/2015/01/23/the-daring-mr-daren/

Museum of the City of New York – http://www.mcny.org/collections/costume-textiles

 

Claire McCardell – http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/KA0082_000017

Herbert Sondheim – http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Browse/objects/key/897156b754026dffe5f7182f722ee082/facet/decade_facet/id/1940s/view/images

Edith d’Errecalde – http://digitalarchives.library.newschool.edu/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/15

Resources

Jessica Glasscock –  Parsons Professor, Researcher at The Met. Possible Interview.

Kellen Archives

– Claire McCardell Sketches – pioneer of American Fashion, especially during WWII while there was no       guidance from Paris for fashion.

-Herbert Sondheim Sketches – Clothing manufacturer who adapted Paris Sketches for American market during the war.

-Edith d’Errecalde Sketches – the designer of the WWII nurses’ uniforms.

FIT Archives

– Daren Pierce – served in WWII and designer of women’s fashion while in the war. Went on to design textiles and costumes post war.

Museum of New York City – WWII female uniform

 

Strategy and Timeline

March 27th – Archive Visits, Object Analysis, Visual Analysis (Image Archive) Continued Book Research

April 3rd – Potential Interviews, Book Research, Continue adding to Image Archive

April 10th – Form Thesis, Begin Outline

April 17th – Detailed Outline

April 24th – Update Bibliography, Drafting of Paper, Any revisits of archive

May 1st – Have draft half way done

May 8th – Have draft done

May 15th – final paper due

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