Young Originals : Emily Wilkens and the teen sophisticate /

In the early 1940s, American designer Emily Wilkens went beyond her previous experience in children's wear to create costumes for two teenage characters in a Broadway play. Recognizing the growing importance of the teenager in American culture, she soon launched Emily Wilkens Young Originals, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Matheson, Rebecca Jumper, 1975-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lubbock : Texas Tech University Press, [2015]
Series:	Costume Society of America series.
Subjects:	Wilkens, Emily. Women fashion designers > United States > Biography. Fashion designers > United States > Biography. Fashion illustrators > United States > Biography. Teenage girls > Clothing > United States > History > 20th century. Fashion merchandising > United States > History > 20th century. Fashion > United States > History > 20th century. Beauty, Personal > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century. DESIGN / Fashion. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.

Table of Contents:

Emily Wilkens : The Early Years
Junior Miss and the Rise of the Teenager
Miss Emily Wilkens, Entrepreneur
Habits of Beauty
Designing Emily Wilkens Young Originals
Modern and Historicizing : Reassuring the Public
Fashion Agency : Marketing to Teens
Postwar
A New You.