Doris Ota Saito Explained

Doris Ota Saito (born 1923[1]) is a Japanese American artist. From 1942-1946, Saito created fashion illustrations featured in the Doris & Carl Saito Collection during her time spent at Heart Mountain Relocation Center.[2] [3] Her works show different styles of dress such as sportswear and formal attire in a multitude of mediums including chalk, paint, and pen.[4]

References

  1. Web site: Japanese American Internee Data File: Doris Ota. National Archives and Records Administration. June 7, 2024.
  2. Web site: Doris & Carl Saito Collection . Densho Digital Repository.
  3. Web site: Wallace . Nina . 2019-01-16 . Japanese American Artists Behind Barbed Wire . 2024-05-14 . Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment . en-US.
  4. Taylor . Zoe . April 2023 . The Emergence of Japanese Americans in Fashion: The Triumphs and Legacies of Forgotten Designers, 1939-1965 . FIT Institutional Repository.

External links

All objects in the Doris & Carl Saito Collection