Kathleen Gephart Designs

Kathleen Gephart Designs I am presently taking appointments for alterations and custom sewing projects. Give me a call or email me and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

06/01/2024

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05/12/2024

To all of my dear friends and wonderful Moms. Enjoy the day. 💕❤️💕

02/29/2024

Dress designed by Elsa Schiaparelli, late 1940s-early 1950s. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Schiaparelli shuttered her atelier during the war. Although they didn’t have the novelty and humor of her pre-war clothes, her post-war collections were romantic, luxurious and artistically rendered.

Read more about Schiaparelli in the VFG Featured Designer article "Inspired by Schiaparelli" vintagefashionguild.org/designer/inspired-by-elsa-schiaparelli/

Credit: Whitaker Auctions

02/29/2024

Ensemble designed by Vera Maxwell, 1948. Wool, leather.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Designed specifically for travel, the jacket has conspicuously practical oversized pockets—a style element explored by Cashin and McCardell, with whom Maxwell shared the credit for founding the "American look”.

Read more about Vera Maxwell in the VFG Label Resource https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/item/label/maxwell-vera/.

Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gift of Vera Maxwell, 1953

01/12/2024

TONIGHT is opening night for our staged reading of MASTER CLASS by Terrence McNally! 🌹 ONE WEEKEND ONLY! Tickets are still available for tonight, but seating is limited. We hope you can join us for this fabulous play! 🎟: www.briefcameoproductions.com

12/17/2023

“Propaganda” designed by Vivienne Westwood, fall/winter 2005-6. Silk.
Westwood said that the dress was her most important work to date. It is a virtuoso construction, draped, fitted and sweeping around in one line—in concept reminiscent of 1950s haute couture.

Read about Vivienne Westwood in our new Featured Designer profile written by , available from the VFG homepage.

Credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Friends of the Costume Institute Gifts, 2006

10/22/2023

Woman’s top hat, Lilly Daché, c. 1945. Wool felt, foil wrapped yarn, silk net.

Lilly Daché got her start in the millinery business by working in a small shop in New York City. She and a friend bought the shop from their boss in 1924. She later recalled the first hat she made as the proprietress of her own shop; it was fashioned from scraps of velvet that were lying around. By the 1930s her business was flourishing. Besides designing for the public, Daché worked with Hollywood designer Travis Banton, producing hats to complement his dresses and suits for the movies.

Read more about Daché in the VFG Label Resource https://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/dache-lilly/

Photo: LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Gift of Hopper Properties





10/02/2023

Some monday motivation


09/18/2023

I will be closed from September 23-October 9. Taking a little road trip with my daughter.

Does anyone know how to make a basket like this. It is a core of rolled interfacing covered with fabric. Then ? A croche...
08/01/2023

Does anyone know how to make a basket like this. It is a core of rolled interfacing covered with fabric. Then ? A crocheted yarn to hold it together. It’s then sewn together with monofilament. It’s different than the cord baskets I’ve seen while reasearching. Also, is there a specific heavy duty zigzag sewing machine that will sew the cords together? It is very sturdy and stiff.
Thanks!!!

08/01/2023

1990 Beach Ensemble by Christian Lacroix. Attached to this whimsically printed maillot swimsuit is a collar of gold “teeth,” an example of Christian Lacroix’s fondness for unexpected combinations. The oversize sun hat, sunglasses, and high heels complete an extravagant beachwear ensemble designed more for poolside lounging—and spectacle—than swimming. Museum at FIT.

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138 River Street
Deep River, CT
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Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
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