Many local dressmakers served clients beyond Louisville. Mary Cummings Eudy preferred out-out-town business and had sales representatives in many cities. Eudy's most famous patron was Sara Delano Roosevelt, mother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Ms. Roosevelt ordered several dresses, scarves, and bags from Eudy in 1937 and 1938. She wore one of the dresses to her son's presidential inauguration.
Mary Cummings Eudy brought her creativity to every aspect of ashion, even designing jewelry to accompany her dresses. She drew detailed sketches to show her out-of-town clients, storing them in leather design books that were updated each spring and fall. Does the dress sketched here look familiar?
