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The Patternmaker Behind the Designer

Institutions of One × Fashion, Carry room, dossier CA03

From RN Collins, selected work

The dossier chapter, the sources behind it, further reading and the collection images, each linked to the original.

The articleThe Patternmaker Behind the Designer institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. Patternmaking certificate. Fashion Institute of Technology, current. fitnyc.edu
  2. Introducing Cristóbal Balenciaga. Victoria and Albert Museum, updated 2024-04-17. vam.ac.uk
  3. Alexander McQueen, an introduction. Victoria and Albert Museum, updated 2024-04-17. vam.ac.uk
  4. Interview of Christine Pupillo, Leonard Trattner, and Harry Greenberg of the Patternmaking Department. Fashion Institute of Technology Special Collections and College Archives, 1995-02-27; digitized 2020. archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu
  5. Personal Digital Archiving. Library of Congress, current; resources include 2013 publication. digitalpreservation.gov
  6. Universal Electronic Records Management Requirements, Version 3. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 2023-06. archives.gov

Other sources

  1. Special Collections and FIT Archive. Fashion Institute of Technology, current; accessed 2026-09-07. fitnyc.edu
  2. Dress. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ca. 1885; accessed 2026-09-07. metmuseum.org
  3. Shelter and clothing. Library of Congress, 1913. loc.gov
  4. A system for cutting ladies garments. Library of Congress, 1917. loc.gov
  5. Dressmaking. Internet Archive, 1917. archive.org
  6. Pattern making. Internet Archive, 1922. archive.org
  7. Complete course in dressmaking: Draping and Pattern Making. Internet Archive, 1922. archive.org
  8. Drafting trousers for men, boys, women. Internet Archive, 1945. archive.org
  9. Learning from “The Master”. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2023; accessed 2026-09-07. vam.ac.uk
  10. The source notes for dossier CA03: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  11. The CA03 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  12. The rights desk: every source in the exhibition and the terms for using it institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Images, slide by slide

The cover image
House of Worth, Evening dress, ca. 1882. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.635a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record
The featured object, "Look closely"
American or European, Dress, ca. 1903. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1976.258.13. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record
Object 2 in "Look at the material record"
Maison Pingat, Dress, ca. 1885. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.628a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record

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