Model in Mainbocher's gold lamé reefer with chamois lining, a transformation of the workman's jacket, photo by George Hoyningen-Huene, Harper's Bazaar, 1939

Model in brocade evening jacket with capped sleeves and self-fabric gloves by Mainbocher, photo by Hoyningen-Huene, Harper's Bazaar, 1939

Mainbocher reintroduced the waist and ribcage in this silver brocade evening dress, photo by Hoyningen-Huene, Harper's Bazaar, 1939

Gloria Vanderbilt Cooper in coat by Mainbocher, photo by Richard Avedon, 1962

C.Z. Guest in what Diana Vreeland called "...one of the most beautiful dresses I have ever seen", by Mainbocher, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Harper's Bazaar, 1950

The Duchess of Windsor wearing evening two-piece by Mainbocher, photo by Horst at her apartment at the Waldorf Towers, Vogue, 1943

Mary Jane Russell is wearing a ball gown of cotton shot with Lurex by Mainbocher and jewelry by Verdura, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe for Harper's Bazaar Nov. 1951