Bullock's
Woman's Coordinates (Dress, Blouse, Pants, and Scarf)1960

Not on view

Fashion ensemble displayed on invisible form: cream blouse with fruit and vegetable print, matching tied scarf, and straight-leg terracotta orange trousers

Fashion illustration in pencil and colored crayon, full-length figure of a woman in a sleeveless orange bodice and full white skirt with floral embroidery motifs and black-trimmed orange border; handwritten text reads "Patio Skirt" at lower right.

Fashion ensemble displayed on an invisible form: short-sleeved cream top with a draped floral scarf featuring painted fruit and flowers in orange, red, purple, and green, paired with tailored terra-cotta orange trousers.

Ensemble displayed on headless form: short-sleeved white linen top and matching scarf printed with vegetables and flowers in orange, yellow, green, and purple, paired with slim orange trousers.

Printed textile panel on natural linen, depicting a harvest still life with an ear of corn, peaches, oranges, and purple flowers amid green foliage, in bold screen-printed colors.

Sleeveless dress displayed on a form, with an orange fitted bodice, full cream linen skirt, and dark navy grosgrain ribbon belt tied in a bow at the waist; skirt features a navy horizontal band near the hem, orange border, and small floral appliqués at the sides.

Designer: Irene Saltern
Germany, 1911-2005, active United States, California, Los Angeles
Label: Tabak
United States
Label: Bullock's
United States, California, Los Angeles, founded 1907
Title: Woman's Coordinates (Dress, Blouse, Pants, and Scarf)
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1960
Medium: a) Dress: Linen plain weave, printed, linen plain weave; b) Blouse: Linen plain weave, printed, with linen plain weave trim, and bamboo buttons; c) Pants: Linen plain weave; d) Scarf: Silk twill, printed.
Dimensions: Center back length (a) Dress): 31 3/8 in. (79.69 cm) Center back length (b) Blouse): 22 in. (55.88 cm) Inseam (c) Pants): 23 3/4 in. (60.33 cm) Length (c) Pants, overall): 35 1/4 in. (89.54 cm) d) Scarf: 29 7/8 × 30 3/4 in. (75.88 × 78.11 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Irene Salinger
Accession Number: M.91.275.4a-d
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Costume and Textiles
Curatorial Notes: German émigré Irene Saltern began her career as a Hollywood fashion designer, creating costumes for Republic Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Pictures. After leaving the film industry, she worked for several design houses before opening her own firm, Irene Saltern of California, which became known for its coordinated sportswear separates. The popularity of casual separates owed much to Hollywood films, where sporty costumes worn by actresses such as Katharine Hepburn helped to hasten the acceptability of trousers and shorts for women.

(California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way," 2011-12)
Selected Exhibition History: California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 20, 2013 - June 3, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". July 6, 2013 - September 29, 2013
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". November 2, 2013 - February 9, 2014
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014
California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way". March 29, 2014 - July 6, 2014

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