NORMAN NORELL (1900-1972) "Costume for the Tropics * Spanish skirt.
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NORMAN NORELL (1900-1972)
"Costume for the Tropics * Spanish skirt. Together, two fashion studies, circa 1920s. Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper. 22x15 inches, sheets. Signed "Norell" in pencil, lower right. Known professionally as Norman Norell, Norman David Levinson was an American fashion designer renowned for his timeless and elegant couture which he sold throught his Traina-Norell and Norell fashion houses. A pioneer in the industry, he became the first American fashion designer to launch his own brand of perfume (in 1968), was the first recipient of the American Fashion Critics' Award (later known as the Coty Award), and the first designer inducted into the fashion industry critics' Hall of Fame.
"Costume for the Tropics * Spanish skirt. Together, two fashion studies, circa 1920s. Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper. 22x15 inches, sheets. Signed "Norell" in pencil, lower right. Known professionally as Norman Norell, Norman David Levinson was an American fashion designer renowned for his timeless and elegant couture which he sold throught his Traina-Norell and Norell fashion houses. A pioneer in the industry, he became the first American fashion designer to launch his own brand of perfume (in 1968), was the first recipient of the American Fashion Critics' Award (later known as the Coty Award), and the first designer inducted into the fashion industry critics' Hall of Fame.
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NORMAN NORELL (1900-1972) "Costume for the Tropics * Spanish skirt.
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