382 results for: Clothing and Dress
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Interior of John Doyle Bishop store, Seattle, December 1954
Fashion designer and retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980), known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman," opened his first store in 1950 when he purchased Helen Igoe's exclusive women's apparel shop at 1331 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. In 1954 Bishop moved the shop to 1334 Fifth Avenue, where he sold his and other designs to a wealthy clientèle. His impeccable style…
ID Number:1986.5.11972.3
Date:1954
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Dorothy Best at Best's Apparel, February 1958
Dorothy Cabot Best (1888-1958) was co-owner and co-founder of the women’s clothing store Best’s Apparel. The store opened in 1925 at 1520 Third Avenue and then moved in 1935 to a larger location at 5th and Pine. Dorothy worked in partnership with her husband Ivan Lovich Best (1887-1979). She was the face of the store and made decisions about merchandise…
ID Number:1986.5.18955.1
Date:1958
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John Doyle Bishop on corner of Fifth and Union, Seattle, March 1967
Fashion designer and retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980), known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman," opened his first store in 1950 when he purchased Helen Igoe's exclusive women's apparel shop at 1331 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. In 1954 Bishop moved the shop to 1334 Fifth Avenue, where he sold his and other designs to wealthy clientèle. A flamboyant gay man…
ID Number:1986.5.19083.1
Date:1967
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John Doyle Bishop in his store, Seattle, March 1967
Fashion designer and retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980), known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman," opened his first store in 1950 when he purchased Helen Igoe's exclusive women's apparel shop at 1331 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. In 1954 Bishop moved the shop to 1334 Fifth Avenue, where he sold his and other designs to a wealthy clientèle. A flamboyant gay…
ID Number:1986.5.19083.2
Date:1967
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Edith Thackwell Young, Helen Igoe, and Louise Barnes Gallagher, Seattle, circa 1940
Fashion stylist Helen Igoe (1870-1962) came to Seattle in 1907 to work as a buyer for a department store, and by 1910 had opened her own high fashion store, Helen Igoe Shop for Women. A frequent traveler to New York and Paris, Igoe brought Parisian style to Seattle in the early decades of the 20th century. Upon her retirement in…
ID Number:1986.5.29660.1
Date:Circa 1940
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Elsa Schiaparelli in Seattle, November 1940
Italian fashion designer Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli (1890-1973) is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Having left her couture house in Paris before the Nazi occupation, Schiaparelli spent most of the WWII years on a lecture tour throughout the U. S. She returned to Paris after the war but found that…
ID Number:1986.5.41397.1
Date:1940
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Models posing in fashions by Bill Blass, Olympic Hotel, Seattle, March 1970
This image shows two members of the Seattle University Guild modeling fashions by Bill Blass at an event to raise money for Seattle University. The evening event was held at the Olympic Hotel and staged by fashion retailer John Doyle Bishop. Caption information source: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/John-Doyle-Bishop-Irishman-put-Seattle-fashion-4381050.php
ID Number:1986.5.51923.25
Date:1970
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Shopping at fashion retailer John Bishop Doyle's shop, Seattle, March, 1970
In this image, two women watch as a model shows off the latest fashions at John Doyle Bishop’s fashion retail store at 5th Avenue and Union Street. Caption information source: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/John-Doyle-Bishop-Irishman-put-Seattle-fashion-4381050.php
ID Number:1986.5.51977.11
Date:1970
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Young model at Indigenous fashion show, Pacific Science Center, June 1970
On June 12 and 13, 1970, the Seattle All-American Indian Dancers held a fashion show at the Pacific Science Center. The event showcased traditional Indigenous dress and dancing, as well as modern clothing influenced by Indigenous designs. Proceeds from the fashion show were used to support the Kinatechitapi clinic, a free clinic that served Seattle’s Indigenous population. Kinatechitapi is a…
ID Number:1986.5.52443.12
Date:1970
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Model posing at Indigenous fashion show, Pacific Science Center, June 1970
On June 12 and 13, 1970, the Seattle All-American Indian Dancers held a fashion show at the Pacific Science Center. The event showcased traditional Indigenous dress and dancing, as well as modern clothing influenced by Indigenous designs. Proceeds from the fashion show were used to support the Kinatechitapi clinic, a free clinic that served Seattle’s Indigenous population. Kinatechitapi is a…
ID Number:1986.5.52443.26
Date:1970