Museum Held Spring 1968 Norman Norell Unlabeled Couture Blue Button & Anchor Sailor Dress z-archive-jacquelinederibes Model Abbey Lee Kershaw

Model Abbey Lee Kershaw

This dress is from the Fall 2006 collection and was a piece that would have been produced in limited quantities

Item# DD4195

It can be tied at the waist for shape or just worn loose and easy

closes with a back zipper and another smaller zipper on the back piece

Museum Held Spring 1968 Norman Norell Unlabeled Couture Blue Button & Anchor Sailor Dress z-archive-jacquelinederibes Model Abbey Lee KershawNorman Norell was one of the great American designers. His clothes were wildly expensive in their day and he was credited for the unique ability to translate Paris couture into American ready to wear. He started in the film industry and then was hired by Hattie Carnegie. In 1941 he left and and joined Anthony Traina where the Traina Norell label soon appeared. Upon Traina's retirement in 1960 he launched his own self named label. He won the very first