NWT Vintage Vera Maxwell Original 10

Vintage at its finest. This washable tan suede dress with coEra. Zipper front, matching belt, pockets and snazzy cuffed sleeves is definitely the 1950's/1960's/1960's era. Excellent vintage condition $250 Designer history: Vera Huppe in New York, 22 April 1903. Family: Married Raymond J. Maxwell, 1924 (divorced, 1937); married Carlisle H. Johnson (divorced, 1945); children: R. John Maxwell. Career: Danced with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, 1919-24; studied tailoring in London and worked as a fitting model before beginning to design in 1929; designed for New York wholesale firms, including Adler & Adler, Max Milstein, Glenhurst, 1930s and 1940s; designer of sports and tailored clothes, Brows, Jacobson & Linde, from 1937; launched firm, Vera Maxwell Originals, New York, 1947; closed firm, 1985; designed collection for Peter Lynne division, Gulf Enterprises, 1986; retired to write her memoirs. Exhibitions: Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1970 [retrospective]; Museum of the City of New York, 1978 [retrospective]. Awards: Coty American Fashion Critics award, 1951; Neiman Marcus award, Dallas, 1955. Died: 14 January 1995, in Rincon, Puerto Rico.