VERA NEUMANN - Medavog's private couture collection.

Part 9 Video #1
This is a first in a series of Vera videos showcasing my collection that spans 60 years.
UPDATED: VERA WAS ACTUALLY NEVER BORED, SHE WAS AN ARTIST TO THE FULLEST!


I received some fantastic news about Vera Neumann,
from his nephew FRED SALAFF.
"Hello Francisco, It was great to discover your appreciation for the work of my aunt, Vera Neumann with whom I was very close and worked with her for many years. In the 1970's I produced several films about her and have now remastered them to dvd and they are distributed at:
http://www.goldenageproductions.info
Incidentally, Vera was born in 1907 (not in 1910). My father, Philip Salaff, Vera's brother was born in 1910. They worked together for more than 35 years."


VERA NEUMANN), U.S. artist and designer (b. July 24, 1907, Stamford, Conn.--d. June 15, 1993, North Tarrytown, N.Y.), created brightly coloured scarves, bedroom and kitchen linens, and draperies and sportswear that bore her name. Vera, who had been a designer of children's furniture and murals, used only her first name after founding (1946), with her husband, George Neumann, and F. Werner Hamm, a textile expert, the Vera Companies for silk-screened prints. She created both realistic and abstract designs, and her motifs included flowers, leaves, ferns, grass, vegetables, the Sun, and ladybugs. Her designs also adorned plastics and needlepoint products. Vera served as president of the company, which became a subsidiary of Manhattan Industries in 1967 and, from 1988, a division of Salant Corp. She continued to produce designs under the Vera signature until shortly before her death. In 1972 the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. mounted an exhibit of her designs.
Video made to showcase my collection of designer couture from all over the world.
QUOTE FROM A PRESS RELEASE!
"Francisco Medavogs collection started off as a small sampling of some European couture designs to help him study FASHION design. By looking at the French seams and other intricacies, he learned about couture construction through the true masters of design. This hobby quickly became a collection of more than 25,000 fashion items, primarily 20th century European designs, with a number of them extending back to the 1920s and 30s.

"At first, I didn't quite understand why so many people were interested in seeing these clothes," says Francisco. "For me, the clothes were simply great examples of what I was able to study while at the Fashion Institute. Now, I feel that my collection is the beginning of a wonderful museum collection."

"I'd love to open the first American Fashion Museum, devoted solely to fashion and couture, similar to Zandra Rhodes' museum in London."
http://www.medavog.com
Designers in my private collection
include: 1,000's of Vera's + Hardcore Givenchy & Jean Paul Gaultier.
Designer labels in my private collection: Halston, Koos Van Dan Aker,
Adria Gilbert, Betsey Johnson for Alley Cat, BEENE BAZAAR,
Irene, Schiaparelli, Anna Sui, Todd Oldham, Mugler, Dolce, Montana, Diane
Von, Kenzo, Balmain, Fath, Marc Jacobs, Raf Simons, Armani, 70's Anne and
Calvin Klein, 60's-70's-80's Oscar De La Renta, Lilli Ann, Chanel,
Dior, Nina Ricci "Couture", Pierre Cardin, Estevez, Stephen Burrows, Mori,
Sonia Rykiel, Gaultier, Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Missoni, Emilio Pucci,
Rudi Gernreich, Pauline Trigere, Missoni, Versace.

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[laurenbay]

WOW. How do you store all of this? Do you have a house just for your collection?

[medavog]

I have everything in storage!

[laurenbay]

How big is your storage ;)

Medavog... How I would love to purchase some mod Vera dresses from you. I need to learn to sew because most fit a size medium. I'm a small.

BTW-- I love some of the Shaheen dresses that are reminiscent of Vera's. She's amazing. I love Vera Maxwell as well.

Have you read the Kyoto Costume book? I would really love to go to that museum. But maybe I can go to the Medavog museum one day since I live in San Diego ;) What's the entrance fee?

[medavog]

I have over 20,000 pieces! Think about it, better than any museum doll.ing!

[medavog]

Search 'courreges medavog' maybe you will find a video on youtube. I own several courreges pieces, some ordinary some very high end vintage couture. I will keep you posted on a future fashion event! My crazy fashionista.

[EstelleSarah80]

I love that you are doing these videos. However, you mentioned

She was bored and so started making this scarves however, she did attend cooper union and painted since she was a little girl, encouraged by her father, according to wiki. Her and her husband started with screen printing placemats first. Just so ya know. Thanks for sharing, time for a Vera musuem!

[pookerlout]

She was also the first designer to put print on a bed sheet.

[laurenbay]

Well, when's the next Medavog event? SERIOUSLY?????

MMMM. I would LOVE to own Courrege 1960s space age clothes complete with the silver boots. Do you have any of those?

[futuristfood]

DESIGNS BY VERA!

[cinderellalifestyle]

hi! I was a vera collector in the early to late 80s.....She did ALOT of clothing art prints on bateu neck ladies knit Tops, which I collected at the time; they are all gone now, from my drawers. I have sold quite alot of Vera pieces on Ebay since .'99--I've one vera outfit4 sale--a late 70s cotton 2 piece summer top, skirt--southwest art print on white cotton crinkled hopsack with Arizona or Santa FE like art motifs- look me up!:-)--it is nice to see an avid collector, which you are..:-)laurie