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Model Diana Gibson in cocktail suit designed by Vera West, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Model Diana Gibson in cocktail suit designed by Vera West, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: 1936
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Diana Gibson, in long dark skirt with cummberbund, pleated blouse with string or beaded tie, light satin jacket with epaulets. The show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
This photograph appears with the article, "Smart Styles of ‘Times’ First Annual Spring Fashion Show Thrill Throngs." Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 1936.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, February 25, 1936, Style Show Preview Draws Society and Film Leaders. … three costumes designed by Vera West: one a toreador cocktail dress worn by Diana Gibson …
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2595, 1 of 2, NITRATE, March 26, 1936, 6 negs. Times Fashions
Text from newspaper caption: This is Diana Gibson of Universal in cocktail suit. Vera West Toreador model
Handwritten at edge of negative: 152 Diana Gibson
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_0089
ark:/21198/zz002d9951
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Suits (Clothing)
Fashion models--California--Los Angeles
Fashion shows--California--Los Angeles
Culture
People
Gibson, Diana, 1915-1991
Source: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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