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Beige coat
No full textCoat: beige; brushed wool fleece; calf length; long sleeves; double breasted; eight gold buttons closure; Peter Pan collar; four front gold buttoned flap patch pockets; bound buttonholes; black wool binding on collar, pocket flaps, sleeve hems, and down front; lined in black satin. Store label: Woolf Brothers, Kansas City.From its inception in 1941 to Traina's retirement in 1960, Traina-Norell produced dresses, suits, and evening wear that combined an up-to-date sensibility with a feeling of timelessness. The label of Traina-Norell was formed with Anthony Traina as businessman and Norell as his employee, solely responsible for the designs of the collections. Of the first Traina-Norell collection, Bonwit Teller declared in Vogue, "The House of Traina-Norell comes on the season like an electrical storm. Its designer, young Mr. Norell, creates a collection so alive that everyone's talking" (Vogue, 1 October 1941, p. 5). Women purchasing a Traina-Norell garment were buying, at great cost, an American-made status symbol that would likely remain in their closets for decades. The high-class status of a Traina-Norell dress is invoked in the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success
Light blue dress
No full textDress: light blue; linen; sleeveless; knee length; round neckline; princess seams; two front flap patch pockets; attached side belts; eight white button back closure. Store label: Woolf Brothers, Kansas City.From its inception in 1941 to Traina's retirement in 1960, Traina-Norell produced dresses, suits, and evening wear that combined an up-to-date sensibility with a feeling of timelessness. The label of Traina-Norell was formed with Anthony Traina as businessman and Norell as his employee, solely responsible for the designs of the collections. Of the first Traina-Norell collection, Bonwit Teller declared in Vogue, "The House of Traina-Norell comes on the season like an electrical storm. Its designer, young Mr. Norell, creates a collection so alive that everyone's talking" (Vogue, 1 October 1941, p. 5). Women purchasing a Traina-Norell garment were buying, at great cost, an American-made status symbol that would likely remain in their closets for decades. The high-class status of a Traina-Norell dress is invoked in the 1957 film Sweet Smell of Success
Orange dress
No full textDress: orange, yellow flower print; knee length; gathering at waist; back same cloth covered buttons with buttonholes; short sleeves; bubble hemline. Belt: same color and cloth as dress.From its inception in 1941 to Traina's retirement in 1960, Traina-Norell produced dresses, suits, and evening wear that combined an up-to-date sensibility with a feeling of timelessness. The label of Traina-Norell was formed with Anthony Traina as businessman and Norell as his employee, solely responsible for the designs of the collections
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Carrie Marcus Neiman Foundation Collection of Fashion
No full textDay dress of gray/white print silk taffeta. Street- or tea-length, of paper silk taffeta printed with a dense design of varying sizes of small white polka dots on a gray ground. V-neckline, with bow of self just below point. 3/4 length dolman sleeves. Full skirt, cut for crinoline. Center back zipper.
Designer's label: "Traina-Norell / New York
Black cocktail dress
No full textCocktail dress: black; strapless fitted heart shaped bodice with black lace overlay; flower pattern on black lace; black belt and buckle at natural waistline; seven covered buttons (each) on shoulder and side closure; double layer full skirt; calf length.From its inception in 1941 to Traina's retirement in 1960, Traina-Norell produced dresses, suits, and evening wear that combined an up-to-date sensibility with a feeling of timelessness. The label of Traina-Norell was formed with Anthony Traina as businessman and Norell as his employee, solely responsible for the designs of the collections
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Carrie Marcus Neiman Foundation Collection of Fashion
No full textDaytime dress in modified shirtwaist/sheath style of black jersey wool. Sleeveless with padded shoulders and wide, notched collar. Street length. Center front opening with 6 large, clear, modified emerald cut rhinestone buttons and bound buttonholes. One-inch wide self fabric tie belt attached at sides. Small patch pockets at sides, below waist. Unlined.
Combined retailer/designer's label at inside left seam near hem: "Neiman-Marcus dallas / Traina-Norell
Purple cocktail dress
No full textCocktail dress: bright purple; satin; boat neckline; cap sleeves with underarm gusset; curved front bodice seam and curved back yoke at waistline; princess seams; knee length; nine covered buttons to waist back closure; skirt is fully gathered with flat center front; lined with black horsehair. Belt: self; narrow; contour; satin covered with buckle. Store label: Woolf Brothers.From its inception in 1941 to Traina's retirement in 1960, Traina-Norell produced dresses, suits, and evening wear that combined an up-to-date sensibility with a feeling of timelessness. The label of Traina-Norell was formed with Anthony Traina as businessman and Norell as his employee, solely responsible for the designs of the collections
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Skirt Suit
No full textBlack, rust and brown herringbone wool suit.
a) Coat of black, brown and rust herringbone wool. Single breasted with three circular brown buttons with cut tops. Long, set-in sleeves. Brown fur collar. Yoked shoulders and box pleats at left and right sides and two pleats down the back. Lined in taupe silk satin.
Designer's label at center back neckline: "Traina-Norell / New York"
b) Skirt of black, brown and rust herringbone wool. Below knee length; A-line. Left side zipper with 2 hook & eyes on waistband. Lined in rust colored silk
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Dress
No full textBlack silk jersey dress and bodice.
a) Under-dress of black silk jersey. Sleeveless with light brown shoulder straps. Skirt gathers at natural waist with 1-3/4 inch insert waistband. Below knee length. Center back zipper with hook & eye. Unlined with black grosgrain petersham.
Designer's label at inside center back seam near hem: "Traina-Norell / New York"
b) Over bodice of black silk jersey. Bracelet length sleeves with gussets. Collarless with gathered pleating at shoulder and neckline that ends with gathers on right with 8 hook & eyes that wrap to form draping on closure at left. Waist tie of self. Narrow, 1/4 inch petersham at waist with single hook & eye. Unlined
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Day Dress
No full textDaytime dress of navy blue silk crepe in modified shirtwaist style. Yoked shoulders with collar. Inner neckline has 7 small mother-of-pearl buttons for additional detachable collar to drape over existing collar. Center front opening with 6 large 1-1/4" mother of pearl buttons with vertical buttonholes. Long set-in sleeves with matching button at cuff. Evidence of smocking below waist seam, but threading is missing. Street length. Unlined.
Designer's label at right seam near hem: "Traina-Norell / New York"
b) Contour belt of navy leather. Wider at ends with rectangular buckle covered in same. Back stamped "14"
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