Installation view of Vera Paints a Scarf: The Art and Design of Vera Neumann at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York (August 8, 2019–January 26, 2020) (photo by Jenna Bascom) ...

What do Vera Neumann (1907–1993), an artist who turned her work into a textile and lifestyle empire, and Marilyn Monroe, the most iconic movie star of all time, have in common? A scarf, it turns ...

Vera Neumann began her business in 1946 in her Manhattan studio apartment’s kitchen. Because of World War II shortages, she couldn’t get cottons or linens, so her first scarves were handmade from silk ...

Neumann was known professionally as “Vera” since starting her business in the 1940s. Her designs were in 1,700 stores by 1977, when sales hit $100 million. She died in 1993 at the age of 84.

Neumann would remark: “I spent half my life painting scarves.” By 1972, Neumann scarves sold in thousands of stores worldwide, and the company boasted sales of $100 million.

At stake is millions of dollars and the branding of two fashion icons, sleek urban designer Vera Wang and Vera Neumann, whose bright, floral scarves were favored by such celebrities as Marilyn ...

Her looks appealed to many—from Marilyn Monroe, who writhed behind a Vera-branded scarf at her last photo shoot in 1962, to Sally Draper, who slept on Vera bed sheets in the fictional realm of ...

You may not recognize the name Vera Neumann, but chances are if you’re of a certain age—say, old enough to remember The Mary Tyler Moore Show —her artwork is as familiar as your mom’s tuna ...

Klein said Neumann’s scarves — or “Vera scarves” — are known to women who were born before the 1960s. She added she never thinks of Vera Wang as “Vera” but always with her first and ...

Neumann was known professionally as “Vera” since starting her business in the 1940s. Her designs were in 1,700 stores by 1977, when sales hit $100 million. She died in 1993 at the age of 84.

Neumann was known professionally as “Vera” since starting her business in the 1940s. Her designs were in 1,700 stores by 1977, when sales hit $100 million. She died in 1993 at the age of 84.

Neumann was known professionally as "Vera" since starting her business in the 1940s. Her designs were in 1,700 stores by 1977, when sales hit $100 million. She died in 1993 at the age of 84.