Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the Teen Sophisticate /

"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 Origin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matheson, Rebecca Jumper, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lubbock, Texas : Texas Tech University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wilkens, Emily.
Women fashion designers.
Fashion merchandising.
Fashion illustrators.
Fashion designers.
Fashion.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
DESIGN > Fashion.
Mode > Marchandisage > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Couturiers (Createurs de mode) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Couturieres (Creatrices de mode) > États-Unis > Biographies.
Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Fashion > United States > History > 20th century.
Fashion merchandising > United States > History > 20th century.
Teenage girls > Clothing > United States > History > 20th century.
Fashion illustrators > United States > Biography.
Fashion designers > United States > Biography.
Women fashion designers > United States > Biography.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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