from New York Public Library
Whoever’s in charge the New York Public Library online stuff deserves a big kiss from me.
First I flipped over the menu archives now I’ve found an amazing collection of fashion sketches from the Andre Studios.
While much of the business information about Andres is gone, their drawings remain.
They were extensively employed by big fashion houses who used these detailed sketches as reference material (much like European shopping trips or trend services of today that help everyone knock off each other .)
If you love fashion you could get lost in here for weeks.
Thank you NYPL for making these which were once only available to researchers online for all of us to view and fawn over.
But what do you think?