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SUMMARY:an-archive-of-sketches-correspondence-relating-to-european-fashion-
 houses-and-fabric-suppliers-1963-65 - Date de vente : 21/06/2022
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : An archive of sketches\, correspondence\, relatin
 g to European fashion houses and fabric suppliers\, 1963-65\n\nall address
 ed to Mr Marc Houlihan of Palo Alto\, California\, date-stamped envelopes 
 containing invoices\, receipts\, letters\, the majority with annotations b
 y the client as he tried to keep track of his family’s large couture ord
 ers\; including a letter from Madame Grès’ assistant giving the prices 
 of couture garments in 1964: a suit $400-560\, coat $380-540\, afternoon d
 ress $360-500\, cocktail dress $460 to $560 and an evening gown $600-900\,
  shortly followed by another where Mme Grès declines to produce a dress f
 rom her 1964 collection for him without a proper fitting\; a letter from J
 ean Louis inc\, 1963\, declining to make a dress for his mother: ’He thi
 nks that the time envolved (sic) with designing and making of the dress wo
 uld cost more than you would care to pay. He is under contract for Univers
 al Studio and with his work at the studios and his own factory\, his time 
 is pretty well taken.’\; Emilio Pucci\, Hardy Amies and John Cavanagh al
 so decline him\; letter and swatches from Victor Stiebel re an Ascot dress
 \; two letters from Pertegaz\; letter\, swatches\, invoice and two photos 
 from Sybil Connolly\; letter from Brown Thomas & Co Dublin\, apologising t
 hat they only stock Dior London\; ten assorted letters/invoices from Norma
 n Hartnell\, one signed by the designer himself and a quantity of associat
 ed sketches\; Simonetta sketch and two letters\; and approximately six let
 ters from various specialist fabric suppliers (qty)
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