Frankie Welch s Americana

2022

This lavishly illustrated book provides a lively account of her life and career, tracing her rise from the small town of Rome, Georgia, to her role as a doyenne of fashion in the Washington, D.C., area.

Author: Ashley Callahan

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ISBN: 0820360481

Category: Biography & Autobiography

Page: 328

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"Ashley Callahan's richly illustrated book, Frankie Welch's Americana: Fashion, Scarves, and Politics, with a foreword by LaDonna Harris, illuminates Frankie Welch's remarkable career by discussing her designs as they relate to the tradition of political swag, reflect women's changing roles in politics and business, and embody fashion styles of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. Welch began fashion consulting (advising individuals what clothing to wear and buy) in the early 1950s and established her dress shop, Frankie Welch of Virginia, in Alexandria in 1963. She deftly navigated the complex social and political connections in the Washington, D.C. area, and her shop became a leading fashion destination for the political set. She created thousands of signature scarves for political campaigns, both major political parties, clubs, schools and alumni groups, corporations, and foundations as diverse as McDonald's, the Smithsonian Institution, United Way, the Algonquin Hotel, the United States Air Force, TimeLife Books, the Folger Shakespeare Library, McCormick Spice, the New York Jets, the National Press Club, the National Trucking Association, and the University of Georgia. She provided scarves for Betty Ford, Jimmy Carter, and the Reagan/Bush inauguration. Frankie Welch's Americana also identifies significant designs and discusses their creation, use, and influence in detail. It also highlights how Welch embraced and promoted her role as an entrepreneur, building a niche business that capitalized on her location near Washington and political connections, as well as her fashion expertise. Each scarf design offers an opportunity for a general audience to view the nation's recent past through the informative lens of women's fashion, and the story of Welch's success presents an appealing, accessible narrative"--
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Connections

2016

For more information on Frankie Welch , see my article " Frankie Welch , Americana Fashion Specialist , " Ornament Magazine 35 , no . 1 ( 2011 ) : 26-31 . I thank Frankie Welch and her daughter Peggy Welch Williams for their kind ...

Author: Dale L. Couch

Publisher: University of Georgia, Georgia Museum of Art

ISBN: UGA:32108057240924

Category: Arts, American

Page: 236

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Newspaper Fashion Editors in the 1950s and 60s

2021-08-05

Ashley Callahan, “Frankie Welch: Americana Fashion Specialist,” Ornament, 2011, 26–31. 51. Frankie Welsh to Liz Carpenter, February 9, 1968. Papers of Lady Bird Johnson, LBJ Presidential Library, Austin, Texas. 52.

Author: Kimberly Wilmot Voss

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISBN: 9783030736248

Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

Page: 169

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This book documents the careers of newspaper fashion editors and details what the fashion sections included in the post-World War II years. The analysis covers social, political and economic aspects of fashion. It also addresses journalism ethics, fashion show reporting and the decline in fashion journalism editor positions.
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Threads of History

1979

Americana Recorded on Cloth 1775 to the Present Herbert Ridgeway Collins. 1481 Scarf American Red and ... Designed and made by Frankie Welch of Alexandria , Virginia , and approved by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission .

Author: Herbert Ridgeway Collins

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ISBN: STANFORD:36105035901946

Category: Textile fabrics

Page: 584

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The Directory of U S Trademarks

1992

236ES6- -R1421069 Muri Association of clanson EVERYWHERE SCHLESINGER BROTHERS , AMERICAN WEST SARNE HANDBAG COMPANY , 218E82-2 -R1219990 ALUSTAR SARGES ... LAS DISCOUNT GOL OSAP90-0 74046025 AMERICA FRANKIE WELCH OF ~ FRANKIE 06N079-2 ...

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ISBN: STANFORD:36105015309912

Category: Computer industry

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Congressional Serial Set

1974

STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) Amount Office Supply Service (stationery supply items for Members, committees, and House officers)—Continued 1974 June 18 6 583 Mickelsons, Inc.------------- $361.99 North American Business M 59.00 Singer ...

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ISBN: SRLF:A0012136008

Category: United States

Page: 502

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The Encyclopedia Americana

2002

... Willie Keeler George Sisler 1942 Rogers Hornsby 1947 Mickey Cochrane Frankie Frisch Lefty Grove Carl Hubbell 1948 ... 1973 1984 Billy Evans Rick Ferrell George Kelly Pee Wee Reese Mickey Welch 1985 1974 Enos Slaughter Jim Bottomley ...

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ISBN: UOM:39015053781475

Category: Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Page: 840

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Encyclopedia Americana

2006

... Willie Keeler George Sisler 1942 Rogers Hornsby 1947 Mickey Cochrane Frankie Frisch Lefty Grove Carl Hubbell 1948 ... kell Billy Evans 1984 George Kelly Rick Ferrell Michey Welch Pee Wee Reese 1974 1985 Jim Bottomley Enos Slaughter ...

Author: Scholastic Library Publishing

Publisher: Grolier

ISBN: 0717201392

Category: Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Page: 832

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