1141 - Fashion

Fashion Brüderlin, Hannelore Collection of fashion drawings by Hannelore Brüderlin and her students. Circa 1980. Pastel, felt-tip pen, pencil, colored pencil, white paint, and collage on various types of vellum and tracing paper. Dimensions range from approx. 30 x 42 cm to approx. 61.5 x 84 cm. Some include labels, numbering, and notes in pencil. An extensive collection from the “Fashion Illustration” course taught by Hannelore Brüderlin at the Lette-Verein in Berlin, one of Germany’s most traditional training centers for fashion illustration. The sheets showcase the full range of fashion illustration from the 1980s: from loose, large-format chalk sketches to precise figure drawings in felt-tip pen and opaque white, to collaged collection sheets featuring groups of models for day, evening, and beach wear. Broad shoulders, hats, bold swaths of color, and dynamic poses come together to form a vibrant panorama of the fashion and drawing style of those years. Similar works from Brüderlin’s classes are documented in the exhibition “Berlin Draws Fashion” at the German Digital Library. - Included: Collection of newspaper clippings and copies. - Papers are partly slightly browned and show crease marks; margins have small tears in some places, with occasional spots; transparent papers show age-related curling in some cases. Overall in very good condition, featuring expressive compositions that reflect the fashion of the time. An extensive collection from the context of Hannelore Brüderlin’s fashion illustration classes at the Lette-Verein in Berlin, one of Germany’s most venerable training institutions for fashion drawing. The sheets showcase the full range of 1980s fashion illustration: from loose, large-format chalk sketches to precise figures in felt-tip pen and opaque white, as well as collaged collection sheets depicting groups of models for day, evening, and beach wear. Broad shoulders, hats, bold fields of color, and dynamic poses combine to create a vivid panorama of the fashion and drawing style of the period. Comparable works from Brüderlin’s classes are documented in the exhibition “Berlin zeichnet Mode” at the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek. - Included: a collection of newspaper clippings and photocopies. - Pastel, felt-tip pen, pencil, colored pencil, opaque white, and collage on various types of wove paper, partly on tracing paper. Some feature inscriptions, numbering, and annotations in pencil. - Some sheets are slightly age-toned and creased; edges have small nicks in places; isolated spotting; tracing papers show age-related cockling. - Overall in very good condition, with expressive compositions that vividly reflect the fashion of the period. -