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.
Default image for the object LMW News, Spring 1980, object is lacking a thumbnail image
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Default image for the object LMW News, February 1976, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter highlighting the coming season's most innovative designs including palazzo pants. Of note in this edition is the emphasis on unique fabrics such as water-resistant Taroni silk, ultasuede, Racine jersey, and Swiss cotton voile. Women are encouraged to assemble a 1970s version of the contemporary capsule wardrobe by mixing and matching coordinates from the crinkle cotton collection.
Default image for the object LMW News, Autumn 1975, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter that introduces FOGAL stockings and the concept of "tone on tone" dressing in order to save time and money. Readers are given a glimpse into the backroom at LMW and its "cottage industry" nature of manufacturing its stock couture collection. The clothes featured fall into two broad categories: the stock couture collection and the pret-a-porter collection.
Default image for the object LMW News, November 1974, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter covering fall fashions ranging from capes and coats to blouses and suits. Emphasis is put on garments that drape smoothly, resist creasing, and are versatile. An expansion into footwear is implied for the future while a pre-Christmas sale is imminent. A stanza from the poem 'Autumn' by Albert Laighton (misspelled as Leighton) is featured on the first page.
Default image for the object LMW News, August 1970s: Rare Jewels, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter highlighting specially ordered fabric panels from Lontex of Paris, France, with the intention of creating custom garments. A rough sketch of an evening dress is provided to stimulate the senses. Page 2 features ready-to-wear Italian-inspired knit shift dresses with either mock or crew necks in assorted sleeve lengths.
Default image for the object LMW News, Fall 1988, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter featuring a range of fabrics and garments including a silk crepe de chine op art skirt, loden bomber jackets, and Swiss cotton raincoats. Details include pleats, welt pockets, and possibly appliqued diamonds.
Client newsletter detailing current stock. Included are imported French bathing suits; and assorted cotton and wool pieces from LMW including "longuette" skirts, dresses, and coats. Colours range from putty and black to chartreuse and magenta. Text only.
Default image for the object LMW News, Winter 1988, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter highlighting holiday wear. Included are an Andalusian cape with 'lips' via piping around a pocket's opening and a velvet suit shown with a cotton batiste blouse. Logo skirts are introduced, featuring either LMW or the client's initials upon request.
Default image for the object LMW News, Fall 1987, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter concentrating on skirts including a tiered midi. All four skirts featured are constructed in either merino wool or wool jersey. Of note is a nautical theme, particularly a pea coat and skirt ensemble.
Default image for the object LMW News, Fall 1986: LMW in London, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter photographed on location in London, England. Two-piece ensembles are featured, either sweaters paired with skirts or a jacket and skirt combo. Wool is the fabric of choice: Swiss wool challis and an Austrian wedding cloth wool.
Default image for the object LMW News, September 1970s: Right & Ready, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter promoting a versatile suit inspired by Western wear in the form of a dark cotton collarless hip-length jacket and above-knee skirt. The suit is designed to accommodate both warm sweaters for cool days and light tops for warm days. A single illustration highlights the suit's detailed stitching.
Default image for the object LMW News, Spring 1985: Fly LMW, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter promoting the spring fashion show: In Flight. Attendees are given a chance to win a helicopter picnic at the Lions. Wool jersey is highlighted as a year-round fabric and emphasis is put on exterior pockets. Also featured is a Carmen-inspired dress of cotton crepe.
Default image for the object LMW News, Spring 1986: LMW Visits Expo 86!, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter celebrating Expo 86. The clothes featured are LMW staples: loden coats, two-piece suits, and skirts in midi and maxi lengths. Also of note, a blouse constructed from Sea Island cotton, a fabric so rare only 5000 pounds of fibre is produced annually. This edition is the first to feature colour photography only.
Default image for the object LMW News, Spring 1984: Think Pink, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter focusing on pink this season. Suit jackets are relaxed and asymmetrical, and a menswear influence is also present. Fabrics of note are barathea wool and fibranne.
Default image for the object LMW News, Spring 1983: Dans la BOUL'angerie, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter featuring a range of styles including the menswear-inspired ensemble appearing on the cover to bare shoulders throughout the rest of this edition. Cut-outs on blouses are in season, as are Obi wrap belts. Customers are reminded to not iron crinkle-cotton.
Default image for the object LMW News, Fall 1984: Spread Your Wings!, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter that is the first to include colour photographs. Organic forms appear in a scarf's details, a dress's neckline, and a pair of cufflinks. Also promoted is a LMW applique belt.
Default image for the object LMW News, Christmas 1983, object is lacking a thumbnail image
Client newsletter highlighting recent additions to LMW. Included are the addition of alpaca, asymmetrical designs, and combining patterns. Clients are introduced to an asymmetrical two-piece suit and an asymmetrical dress available in two lengths, an alpaca and wool blend coat, and the pairing of a polka dot blouse with a skirt featuring broad horizontal stripes.