[Fashion Drawing Portfolio]

[Columbus], [n.d.]. Unbound. Good. A collection of early 20th-century fashion drawings from Edith Bangham of Madison, Wisconsin. Plates 1-4, 6-7, 9-17, 19-25 with 10 unnumbered plates, two of fabric. 32 plates total: 18 black-and-white, 14 in color. Seemingly the work of a fashion class with plates titled "Dress Adapted to Stout Figure" (with pencil notation "you do not print very well"), "Dress on Normal Figure" (with pencil notations "use more definite strokes" and "hands poor"), "Dress Adapted to Slender Figure" (with pencil notations "mouth too thin + sharp" and "hands poor"). Among the more interesting plates are "Bathing Costume Designed for Self," "Gypsy Costume" and the two untitled works on fabric that have strong vibes of Boris Artzybasheff. According to her death notice, Bangham lived from 1897 to 1986. She studied Home Economics at Ohio State University and graduated in 1920, possibly around the time she compiled this portfolio of fashion drawings. She eventually completed a master's degree at OSU and went on to teach at UW-Madison for 24 years until she retired in 1962.