Just last year, Sondra Grace, the fashion design curator at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design, where I graduated in fashion design in 1955, asked for a large group of my designs for their museum archive. They were featured in their catalog in 2022, as shown. I wasn’t much for fame, but this was thrilling.
Sunburst Dress, 1962 (see top photo), illustrates the skills in pattern engineering that combine draping and flat pattern work for the accordion pleating to shape the body beautifully.