Author: Various authors
Title: Fashion Art League of America. Semi-Annual Convention September, 1926. Convention Directory Program Autumn 1926
Description: Chicago, Fashion Art League of America, Publisher, 1926. Wraps. Green wraps with lettering stamped in gilt. 24 pp. including ads. A few ads with illustrations. A program of events for a convention held by the Fashion League of America, listing the board of directors, members of various committees, etc. as well as a list of talks and fashion shows to be held. This includes an opening fashion show, and one displaying French fashions. Talks look at the business side of dressmaking and fashion. The Fashion Art League of America was founded by Alla Ripley (Bannister) in 1913, after she became president of the Chicago Dressmakers Club and reorganized it. Going by her professional name Madame Ripley, she was influential in promoting fashion as an art, and establishing it as a business for women at a time when women were expected to give up work once married. She took part in a 1913 fashion show in Chicago that featured dresses and clothing inspired by European Cubism and worked throughout her career to promote American fashion as equal or superior to French fashions (see The Beverly Review Sept. 17, 2019 article for previous information). GOOD+ condition. Minor toning and soiling to the covers. Light bumping and creasing along the edges. Small doodle on the lower front cover. Two small notes on the last blank page. Good .

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