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Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate / Rebecca Jumper Matheson.

Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophistica...

Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate / Rebecca Jumper Matheson.

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Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate / Rebecca Jumper Matheson.

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Full title

Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate / Rebecca Jumper Matheson.

Publisher

Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2015]

Call Numbers

G 2015/3339

Record Identifier

74VKRKZ5m8Pd

MMS ID

991023083429702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

xx, 179 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Emily Wilkens : The Early Years -- Junior Miss and the Rise of the Teenager -- Miss Emily Wilkens, Entrepreneur -- Habits of Beauty -- Designing Emily Wilkens Young Originals -- Modern and Historicizing : Reassuring the Public -- Fashion Agency : Marketing to Teens -- Postwar -- A New You.

Publication information

Publisher

Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2015]

Place of Publication

Texas

Date Published

[2015]

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"In the early 1940s, American designer Emily Wilkens went beyond her previous experience in children's wear to create costumes for two teenage characters in a Broadway play. Recognizing the growing importance of the teenager in American culture, she soon launched Emily Wilkens Young Originals, the first designer label specializing in upscale, fashi...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate / Rebecca Jumper Matheson.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Costume society of America series.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-169) and index.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2015/3339

Record Identifier

74VKRKZ5m8Pd

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRKZ5m8Pd

Other Identifiers

ISBN

0896729249 (paperback)

9780896729247 (paperback)

DDC

746.92092

MMS ID

991023083429702626

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