Liz Mitchell Fashion Designs/ Fashion Collections

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NameLiz Mitchell Fashion Designs/ Fashion Collections

ProductionLiz Mitchell; creating agency; circa 1990-2010

Classificationstoryboards, style manuals, business cards, trade cards, sales catalogs, design drawings, correspondence, newsletters, tear sheets, photographs, contracts, brochures, lists, reports, lookbooks, forms, swatches, manuals, clippings, press releases

Materialspaper, ink, printing ink, cloth, photographic paper, photographic gelatin, newsprint, plastic, glue

Techniqueshandwriting, freehand drawing, colour photography, printing, photocopying, gluing

Registration NumberCA001140

Credit linePurchased 2013

Overview

This series covers correspondence, fashion design drawings, fabric swatches, look books, photographs and other ephemera pertaining to Liz Mitchell's fashion designs and fashion collections. This includes collections/ garments designed for:

Air New Zealand Fashion Weeks
L'Oreal New Zealand Fashion Weeks
Farmer's "Mitchell" by Liz Mitchell range
Farmer's "Tailored" by Liz Mitchell lingerie collection
Made to Measure (MTM) garments
Bridal designs/ collections
Collections for export to Australia and America
Consultancy work for uniform designs
Entries into Wella Fashion Collections, Australian Gown of the Year, Corbans Fashion Collections, NZ Smokefree Fashion Collections.

Liz Mitchell is a principal New Zealand fashion design with a career from the late 1980s through to 2012. This series showcases her career development and diversification of her business, Liz Mitchell Design Ltd., to encompass various pursuits including: ready to wear collections, made to measure garments, Couture designs, Bridal designs, an affordable fashion line for Farmers’ “Mitchell by Liz Mitchell” and a lingerie line for Farmers’ “Tailored by Liz Mitchell”.