Ephemera

item details

NameEphemera

ProductionLiz Mitchell; creating agency; circa 1986-2010

Classificationtear sheets, correspondence, sketches, photograph albums, clippings, postcards, magazines, guidebooks, programmes, publications, press releases, photocopies, articles, business cards, printed ephemera, cards, shopping bags, stickers, tags, boxes

Materialspaper, dye, photographic gelatin, cloth, printing ink, newsprint, plastic, cut film, adhesive, acetate film, foam, Fome-Cor (TM)

Techniquesprinting, photocopying, chromogenic processes, photography, gluing, mounting

Registration NumberCA001142

Credit linePurchased 2013

Overview

Liz Mitchell is a leading New Zealand designer, whose career began in costume and set design for theatre, in the 1980s.

This series of tear sheets, fashion show programmes, magazines, publications, shop counter cards/ point of purchase displays, posters and advertising boards, feature, refer to or mention Liz Mitchell and/ or her designs.

Mainly printed paper ephemera, packaging, boxes, stickers and bags used by Liz Mitchell for the retail of her designs and/ or advertising of her various fashion pursuits.

Included are public relations material, tear sheets, newspaper clippings, articles relating to Liz Mitchell’s designs for New Zealand celebrities and public figures including Keisha Castle- Hughes’ Academy Award (Oscars) appearance and other award ceremonies, as part of her nomination as Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film Whale Rider in 2004.