Travilla 1964-1965

A dress is much like a painting—it has line, color theory, texture.” Travilla 1964

1964

Textured silk suit with its own chiffon sweater. Jeweled cufflinks repeat the daisy print in semi-precious stones.

A simple, chic, fully-lined silk shift with a print of red yachts under full sail.

A pink matelassé evening suit with a pink crepe blouse.

A chiffon skirted dress with an Empire bodice of guipure lace re-embroidered with pearls.

A cocktail costume of black silk and worsted luminous wool features a skirt of arched godets and a touch of velvet at the collar. A rose accents the neckline.

A three-piece of ochre-colored linen accented with pink flowers and a chiffon blouse of mauve.

1965

Backstage at a Houston Texas Charity Event

"I won't ruin a design to sell a dress" Travilla 1965

Travilla (circled) appeared in a two-page spread in a July 1965 issue of TV Guide in a story about a celebrity-filled weekly Hollywood art class.


Travilla based several of his retail designs on those he did for Joanne Woodward in the film Signpost to Murder.

A shirtdress of Onondaga silk alpaca. Tuxedo dickie and white cuffs and pointed collar. In beige and white and other color combinations.

Evening jacket of ribbon rose lace with oversized collar and six large pearlized buttons.

White silk organdie with a deep pointed collar, long French-cuffed sleeves over a skirt of black ribbon lace, with a black silk belt.

A tailored coat with big sleeves of organdy roses.

A red tailored jacket with three-button closure.

A formal gown of buttercup chiffon in biased tiers. The waistline tier is extended into a floating circular double overskirt with a matching belt.

Small-checked coat of Italian fibranne with flared skirt and big pockets. Accented with black bone buttons.

Bronze wool jersey coatdress with long, narrow sleeves, buttons from neck to hem, and two deep welted pleats close to the body above.

Hot pink pleated crepe hostess pajamas with the Empire Line marked by a narrow sash tied in the center front. The flared hemline is held by a nylon fishing cord.

Afternoon dress of Italian white crepe with large black and taupe coin dots with a graceful drape of a sling-back.

A pure romantic gown of Whelans white peau d'ange lace spiced with poufs of flamingo and citron ribbons. A slim front with the panel in the back falling into the presentation train. 

Imported black dress and white jacket in a diagonal weave. Large black buttons accented with a bow.

Free-form designs add multi-color to a slim tunic dress in black silk and a cuff-neckline sheath in oyster white.

Seams to the front, a diagonal weave, and shoulder width give added figure flattery in this black dress.