Client newsletter promoting spring styles. Included are sarong-style skirts, striped dresses with ruffled collars and sleeves, and pants of varying lengths. There is no text present other than the names given to the garments.
Client newsletter focusing on LMW's spring fashion show with assorted poets quoted throughout, including Carl Sandburg and Leonard Cohen. New to the collection are collarless jackets with wide lapels that are paired with below-knee skirts. The editorial explores the deception that is television, as evidenced by the filming and subsequent editing of LMW's recent fashion show prior to being broadcast on a local news program.
Client newsletter heralding the arrival of spring fashions including crease-resistant dresses and two-piece wool suits. A FOGAL stockings sale is also featured. This edition's closing editorial focuses on the challenges of writing advertising copy that both stimulates the author and resonates with the audience.
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Default image for the object LMW News, Christmas 1976, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter highlighting the Christmas season. A three-piece suit in velvet is detailed, dresses in assorted fabrics are promoted, and gift ideas ranging from rings to pants are provided via an illustrated Christmas tree. Concluding this edition are thoughts on "the influence of Christmas on the quality of commercial life."
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Default image for the object LMW News, November 1976: Servus, Salzburg! : Ciao, Milano!, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter promoting imported loden coats and Italian knit sweaters. Only one piece is from LMW: a "soft shirt." Concluding this edition is an editorial on duties imposed by Canada Customs and the logic of the mechanisms in place.
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Default image for the object LMW News, October 1976, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter detailing fall and winter staples such as sweaters and classic suits comprised of jackets, pants, and skirts. The editorial discusses challenges LMW faces in terms of manufacturing quality clothes for a fair price within Vancouver. The final page promotes an upcoming sale.
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Default image for the object LMW News, September 1976, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter focusing on dandyism as it affects women's fashions. Silk and cashmere midi-length dresses and coats are featured. An inspired editorial closes the newsletter that delves into dramatist Bertolt Brecht's alienation effect and its application to women's fashions that are derived from menswear. The look of the newsletter harkens back to earlier, more whimsical issues, as per the androgynous figure in tie and tails whose tophat sports LMW.
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Default image for the object LMW News, April 1976, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter featuring a two-piece dress, or skirt and blouse ensemble, in a polka dot pattern. Also shown are mix and match coordinates. The final two pages are identical to the February 1976 edition.
Client newsletter that features a poem, Pied Beauty, by Gerard Manley Hopkins and promotes a Greta Garbo film festival at the Hyland Theatre in Vancouver. Wiener's fashions are briefly described as multi-coloured lawn dresses with full and not-so-full skirts. Black and white line drawings are used to illustrate the clothes.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a two-piece suit in blue and teal with matching belt. Dolman sleeves and red piping on the jacket, and below knee skirt. Photographed on location in London, England near the Elizabeth Tower aka Big Ben, Westminster Bridge, and the Palace of Westminster aka the Houses of Parliament. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a two-piece suit in blue and teal with matching belt. Dolman sleeves and red piping on the jacket, and below knee skirt. Photographed on location in London, England near the Elizabeth Tower aka Big Ben, Westminster Bridge, and the Palace of Westminster aka the Houses of Parliament. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a two-piece dress with blouse, semi-pleated maxi skirt, and matching belt. Photographed against a city's skyline in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a blouse and a belted midi skirt with buttons adorning the back. Photographed against an outdoor sculpture and Vancouver's skyline. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a two-piece suit. 2" below hip-length jacket with dropped shoulder seams and a maxi skirt. Photographed at an outdoor staircase and railing in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a two-piece ensemble. Double-breasted, classic-collared, crotch-length jacket with pockets; and A-line, two-tier midi skirt. Photographed on a ship's deck with a body of water and a city's skyline in the background in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a pale pink blouse with large rosettes at the neckline and waist; and an olive green ruched, above knee skirt. Photographed in a park setting in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a dark pink blouse with a round neck and possibly dolman sleeves tucked into a teal knee-length tube skirt with an extra wide waistband. Both include matching rosettes sewn in place. Photographed outside a building with tiled walls and flooring in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a dress and coat ensemble in beige. Belted midi-length dress with round neckline. Open-style, mid-calf length swing coat with raglan sleeves. Photographed against a door with stained glass windows in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a dress and coat ensemble in beige. Round neckline on the dress and raglan sleeves on the coat. Photographed against a door with stained glass windows in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a crotch-length jacket with classic collar, asymmetrical front, and cuff sleeves over an accordion-pleated skirt. Photographed in a forest setting in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a blue and gold dress with a notched collar and welt pockets. Appears to be belted and either maxi or tea length. Photographed in a forest setting with steps in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a blue and red two-piece dress with stripes and diamonds, possibly appliqued. The neckline is bateau and the skirt length is below knee. Photographed at a body of water adjacent to rocks in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a collarless blouse, unstructured 3/4 length jacket, and Victor Vasarely op art pencil skirt. Photographed in front of a hydroelectric dam in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a red and grey coat with notched collar, slash pockets, and matching sash belt. Underneath is a red turtleneck sweater. Photographed in a forest setting in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.
Image from a fashion shoot featuring a two-piece colour block dress with dolman sleeves and accordion-pleated midi skirt. Photographed in an unknown studio. Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character is superimposed on the image. On the reverse are handwritten notes that may include the model’s name, date of photograph, printing instructions, and miscellaneous information.