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Rudi Gernreich
Fashion Sketch 'Style #42'1952-1961

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Pencil fashion design sketch on white paper showing a female figure from behind in a sleeveless gathered-waist dress, with handwritten fabric notes and a small black fabric swatch
Pencil fashion illustration of a rear-view figure in a fitted strapless dress with gathered waist, hands on hips; annotations read "Matte Jersey," "Also Leather Edged," and a detail sketch of a tied belt labeled "Cape Skin Belt."

Rudi Gernreich, Fashion Sketch 'Style #42', 1952-1961, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. Walter R. Bass, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Designer
Rudi Gernreich
Austria, active United States, California, Los Angeles, 1922-1985
Title
Fashion Sketch 'Style #42'
Place Made
United States, California
Date Made
1952-1961
Medium
a) Pencil on paper with matte jersey fabric swatch attached b) Pencil on paper
Dimensions
17 x 14 in. (43.18 x 35.56 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Walter R. Bass
Accession Number
M.76.86.180a-b
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles