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Identifier
20047178
Description
The National Fashion Exhibitors of America are holding their show at the Hotel Texas. Modeling styles left to right are Ruth Bursey and Elizabeth Ann McElyea. Miss Bursey is wearing a calico frock with the new Indian broomstick "wrinkle" skirt of green and yellow and a white batiste blouse. A red jersey scarf is tied around her waist. Miss McElyea is dressed in an elaborate patio cabana slack suit showing the Chinese influences. The fabric is hand-blocked "trade-wind". The blouse has Gaucho sleeves and the coat is sleeveless with a design down the front.
Archival Date
1941-01-01
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1315
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Bursey, Ruth; McElyea, Elizabeth Ann; National Fashion Exhibitors of America; Modeling; Models; Frocks; Scarves; Smocks; Hotel Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.)
Subjects
Bursey, Ruth; McElyea, Elizabeth Ann; National Fashion Exhibitors of America; Modeling; Models; Frocks; Scarves; Smocks; Hotel Texas (Fort Worth, Tex.)