It is a Teal Traina dress which meant absolutely nothing to me until I started doing some research into this "fashion dynamo" from the 1960s. I don't recall ever coming across the name in any of my fashion history books. Have you?
My online research into Teal Traina uncovered a different fashion designer behind the name, Geoffrey Beene. I thought that Teal Traina was an actually designer. Instead, it appears that Teal Traina is the name behind a famous design house where Geoffrey Beene worked in the late fifties and early sixties. Could this be a Geoffrey Beene design?
I don't know but I did come across a fascinating article by Patricia Morrisroe where Teal Traina spoke about his years with designer Geoffrey Beene. And this article made me wonder.
All I do know is that I'm quite smitten over this pattern. And I am busy trying to figure out what fabric to make it out of before it arrives in the post.
Morrisroe, Patricia. New York Magazine. American Beauty: The World of Geoffrey Beene. Vol. 21, No. 22 30 May 1988. Page 30-39.
That pattern is quite smit' worthy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I can hardly wait until it arrives.
DeleteThat's so funny I just saw a pattern with this name on it tonight on etsy and had never seen the name before. I was wondering about it too, now I know :)
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