Norman Norell collection ➔ Scrapbooks (KA0035.03) ➔ Traina-Norell Fashion Presentation Featuring Models and Costumed Actors

Photographic Material

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Related people/organizations

Norman Norell (designer)
Traina-Norell (Firm) (designer)

Date

1949

Work Type

photographic prints

Measurements

8 in (width) x 10 in (height)

Description

Traina-Norell fashion presentation featuring five models wearing day ensembles on a stage. The models are posed alongside stairs, fake pigeons, and a large painting of an animated statue. A man (presumably an actor) wearing a police uniform salutes from the top of the stairs, while a second man dressed as a Civil War soldier in metallic paint holds a bouquet of daffodils. The second actor poses on one knee in front of a model at the top of the stairs while the other four models look on with dramatic gestures from below. Each model wears a day ensemble with a long skirt, gloves, and a hat. Details are only known of the ensemble shown on the model on the right, who wears a stiff shantung summer coat worn over a black chiffon dress with a straw hat. Although it is unknown where this presentation took place, numerous materials found alongside this photograph suggest that it's from a presentation shown in Palm Beach on February 17, 1949, which was described as "dramatic and interesting" by the local newspaper. This photograph was originally part of a larger scrapbook that can now be found in Box OSx-3, Folder 6.

Source

Gay, Simpson. "One Focal Point to a Costume Enough, Says Trend Setting Designer Norell." The Dallas Morning News, March 15, 1949.

Related Terms

Kellen Design Archives

Location

box 5, folder 2

Identifier

KA0035_000044

Use Restrictions

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 

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