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Brocade ensemble

Description: Dress ensemble of pink and gold silk brocade. A) Jacket. Turn down collar; single breasted fastening with rhinestone buttons and bound buttonholes. Patch pockets at hips; long suit sleeves; waist length. Lined in pink synthetic. B) Dress. V-shaped surplice bodice with princess seams; sleeveless. Set-in empire waistline; five gored skirt with inseam pockets. Below knee length. Center back zipper closure; lined in pink synthetic. Designer label: Elinor Simmons / for / Malcom Starr Retailer label… more
Date: 1960/1969
Creator: Simmons, Elinor
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Evening coat

Description: Evening coat of off-white taffeta overlaid with machine-made silk-rayon blend floral lace with white bugle beads and sequins throughout. Jewel neckline, three-quarter-length set-in sleeves, center front opening with three oversized round stone-set buttons, stitched buttonholes, straight silhouette, slits at side seams, lined in white. Label at center back collar: "Swee Lo/for Haute Couture International, Ltd./ N.Y. & Palm Beach" "Lace Made in Hong Kong"
Date: 1960
Creator: Lo, Swee
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Dress

Description: Dress of multi colored pastels in a plaid print; Knee length cotton sheath dress; Button front; long sleeves; fully lined; side vents at hem. Retailer's label: "Bonwit Teller" Designer's label: "Imported fabric / by / Boussac of France" Care label: "WPL 1100 / 65% cotton 35% rayon / hand washable / Made in Hong Kong"
Date: 1960
Creator: Boussac of France
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

[Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Foreign Assets Control Department, April 21, 1960]

Description: Letter from Harris Leon Kempner to Foreign Assets Control Department regarding the notice 167 he received from the Bureau of Customs, El Paso about a small package of plain white silk he ordered from Hong Kong. He mentions that he didn't know that a certificate was required, but now he filled the form as advised.
Date: April 21, 1960
Creator: Kempner, Harris Leon
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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