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Clara Bow was an American actress who got her start in silent film in the 1920s and successfully made the transition to talkies in 1929. She was nicknamed "The It Girl" following her globally renowned role as a shopgirl in the 1927 film It.

The Bowery Mission provides caring and safe Residential Programs for women in crisis to achieve personal goals for life and work, heal from past trauma, and overcome barriers to independent living. All women are invited into a faith-based community committed to practicing hospitality, showing respect, and restoring hope.

Leonard Boxer was born in the Bronx, New York, around 1923. After serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, Boxer worked for fashion manufacturers. In 1976, Boxer answered an ad in WWD and became a founding partner of Liz Claiborne Inc. At Liz Claiborne, Boxer was responsible for dealing with overseas management. Boxer left Claiborne in 1985. In addition to his work in the fashion industry, Boxer taught pattern making at the Mayer School of Fashion Design. Leonard Boxer passed away in 2009 at the age of 86.

Harvey T. Boyd was a fashion illustrator, art teacher and painter, working in New York City. Boyd designed for Elizabeth Arden and worked with the Estée Lauder company. From 1968 until his death in 1994, Boyd taught in the art department at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

John Paul Bozett was a fashion designer and illustrator working in the mid-20th century. He was a sketch artist associated with Sophie of Saks Fifth Avenue

Brader-Ashley was an American fashion illustrator active during the twenty years following World War II. She began her fashion career as a seamstress at Marshall Fields, and in 1943 became a fashion illustrator at the May Co. In 1946 she was offered a fashion illustration position with retailer Cyril Magnin. In 1948 she moved on to Nieman Marcus. In the 1950's she travelled to Europe, free-lanced, and became known for her signature colors: muddy browns, rich khakis, deep olive green and orange. Her work for Joseph Magnin in the 1960's is partly responsible for Women's wear daily honoring the firm with an award for longtime production of the best fashion advertising in the business.

Warren K. Bradley is a veteran in the fashion /art industry. Mr. Bradley has worked for such companies as Essence Magazine, WWD, Sportswear Intl., Creare de Sola (Italy), Oscar de la Renta, Girbaud, Indygo/Kenar, Unisa leathers, and many others. As an illustrator, he has worked for Pierre Cardin Menswear, New Yorker Magazine, PBS, CNN, Ruder Finn, and assorted other design/ illustration / consulting accounts. As the first African American Courtroom Artist (for a National network), he created illustrations and on-air graphics for ABC News, Nightline, and has covered high-profile cases such as First Lady Imelda Marcos, Sean (Puffy) Combs, and current President Donald Trump. He has been an educator for many years- teaching at FIT, Art Institute of New York, Parsons School of Design, (where he has taught in each of the 3 fashion divisions - BFA, AAS & Continuing Ed.), as well as having taught various age groups in public schools & workshops. Recently, he has exhibited his artwork and led workshops in galleries and museums, such as Leslie Lohman, and Studio Museum in Harlem.

Braetan and Braefair, Inc. was a leather manufacturer in New York. The company was in business from 1964 to 1998.

Marion Brandriss originally taught English at the Central High School of Needle Trades after graduating from Cornell University. In 1944, she was asked to move to the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) to help create the foundation of the school. She and Rosalind Snyder developed the Business Management Curriculum. At first, Brandriss was the Director of Admissions, then took over the position of Director of Admissions and Student Personnel before becoming Dean of Students. She retired in the mid 1970s.

Rose Marie Bravo serves as the director of Godiva Chocolatier NV, director of Proenza Schouler, LLC 1997-Present, independent Director of Tiffany & Co. 2003-Present, director of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Company founded by Joseph Whitehead, Joseph Brenner, and Charles White

The American comedian Fanny Brice was born Fannie Borach on Oct. 29, 1891 in New York. Brice began performing at the age of 13, winning a talent contest performing “When You Know You’re Not Forgotten by the Girl You Can’t Forget.” The famed theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld hired Brice to perform in his Follies (theater productions known for their lavish sets and costumes), which she would on and off for years. Her biggest success came in 1920 when she sang "My Man," a French torch song that Brice helped popularize in America. Based on a skit Brice made up in 1912 on the Vaudeville stage, Baby Snooks became Brice's most remembered and celebrated character. From 1936 until her death in 1951, Brice played Baby Snooks on the radio and in films. Fanny Brice is still remembered today, in part because of the musical "Funny Girl," which was based on Brice's life and helped launch the career of Barbra Streisand.

Italian menswear couture house.

Jean Pierre Brissaud was born on December 23rd, 1885 in Paris, France. In his youth, Brissaud trained to be an artist. Both his brother and uncle were working in the arts when Brissaud began his career. Brissaud's first success as an artist came in 1907 when he was invited to show some prints and watercolor works at the Salon. This helped launch Brissaud's career, for after the 1907 Salon, he began getting work as an illustrator for magazines. By the 1920s, Brissaud's pochoir work could be found in La Gazette du Bon Ton, Vogue, House and Garden, Ladies Home Journal, Fortune, and Vanity Fair. Through these publications, Brissaud helped establish the Art Deco movement. Brissaud continued to work in the fashion industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Additionally, Brissaud worked on book illustrations for several authors. Little is known about Brissaud's life after the 1930s. On October 17, 1964, Pierre Brissaud passed away.

Frederick Brisson (March 17, 1912 - October 8, 1984) was a theater producer working in New York. In 1956, Brisson was awarded a Tony Award for his production of the musical, "Damn Yankees."

B.A.T Industries plc is the holding company for a group of companies that manufacture tobacco products, including international and domestic brands of cigarettes, and provide financial and insurance services. The Group operates in over 100 countries worldwide. https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/1099Q:LN#xj4y7vzkg

BAT has diversified into various fields at different times in its history. Its U.S. retail division, BATUS Retail Group, acquired Gimbels, Kohl's, and Saks Fifth Avenue in the 1970s and Marshall Field's and its divisions in 1982. It purchased the United Kingdom retail chain Argos in 1979. The company sold Kohl's grocery stores to A&P in 1983. In 1986, BATUS sold the Kohl's department stores and two Marshall Field's divisions, The Crescent and Frederick & Nelson; BATUS closed Gimbels the same year, with many locations being absorbed by sister division Marshall Field's, as well as Allied Stores' Stern's and Pomeroy's divisions. In 1990, Dayton Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation) purchased Marshall Field's, Dillard's purchased Ivey's (another Marshall Field's division), Investcorp S.A. purchased Saks Fifth Avenue, and Argos was demerged (Argos was acquired by previous parent company GUS plc in 1998). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_American_Tobacco

French painter and illustrator well known for his travel posters promoting tourism destinations in France.

The Brooklyn Museum is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States. Its roots extend back to 1823 and the founding of the Brooklyn Apprentices’ Library to educate young tradesmen (Walt Whitman would later become one of its librarians). First established in Brooklyn Heights, the Library moved into rooms in the Brooklyn Lyceum building on Washington Street in 1841. Two years later, the Lyceum and the Library combined to form the Brooklyn Institute, offering important early exhibitions of painting and sculpture in addition to lectures on subjects as diverse as geology and abolitionism. The Institute announced plans to establish a permanent gallery of fine arts in 1846.

By 1890, Institute leaders had determined to build a grand new structure devoted jointly to the fine arts and the natural sciences; the reorganized Institute was then renamed the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, the forebear of the Brooklyn Museum. The original design of the new museum building, from 1893, by the architects McKim, Mead & White was meant to house myriad educational and research activities in addition to the growing collections. The ambitious building plan, had it been fully realized, would have produced the largest single museum structure in the world. Indeed, so broad was the institution’s overall mandate that the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum would remain divisions of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences until they became independent entities in the 1970s.

Brooks Brothers, founded in Manhattan, New York City in 1818, is the oldest apparel brand in continuous operation in America. Originally a family business, Brooks Brothers produces clothing for men, women and children, as well as home furnishings. Designer Zac Posen was the brand's women's collection creative director from June 2014 until 2020. Since December 2020, Michael Bastian has been the brand's creative director for both the men's and women's collections.

Donald Brooks was born Donald Marc Blumberg on January 9, 1928. He grew up in Manhattan and studied fine arts at Syracuse College, aspiring to be a scenic designer for the theater. Brooks began studying at Yale but transferred first to FIT and then Parsons when it became clear he was more suited to costume design. After graduating from Parsons in 1950, Brooks designed window displays for Lord & Taylor. He soon was asked by store president Dorothy Shaver to design a collection for Lord & Taylor. In 1958, Townley Frocks hired him to design a sportswear collection. Seven years later, in 1965, Brooks launched his own collection, with the help of Ben Shaw. In 1963 Brooks was honored with a Coty award. In addition to his work in fashion, Brooks was a celebrated costume designer, being nominated for numerous awards including Oscars, Tonys, and Emmys. He won an Emmy for his work on the T.V. movie "The Letter." Donald Brooks passed away on August 3, 2005.

Bobbi Brown is a makeup artist and entrepreneur. Born in 1957, Brown began as a makeup artist, moving to New York in 1980 to pursue her career. Brown's work as a makeup artist could be found in the major fashion magazines of the 1980s and 1990s. Bobbi Brown, with the help of her husband and another couple, launched Bobbi Brown Cosmetics in 1991, producing 10 neutral shades of lipstick for New York's Bergdorf Goodman department store. By the end of the first day, her products were sold out. Bobbi Brown Cosmetics became an overnight success, and in 1995, the The Estée Lauder Companies purchased the company. Brown continued to work as Chief Creative Officer until leaving the company in 2016.

Nat Brown has connections with the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Italian painter, illustrator, costume designer, and scenographer,

Bryan was born in Orlando, Florida in the late 1940s and soon after his family moved to Virginia. His passion for fashion began during his adolescence when he discovered the 1930s through Hollywood movies. He studied Art History at the University of Virginia and went to law school at the George Washington University before settling to New York in 1968. He worked at the Abraham and Strauss Department store in Brooklyn until 1973 when he started his career with Fairchild Publications. He was the fashion editor of Men's Wear Magazine from 1973 to 1983 and "M" The Civilized Man from 1983 to 1993, and Men's fashion director for "W" Magazine in 1993. He then joined he New York Times in 1995 until 2006. He contributed articles to the CFDA Third volume of American Fashion in 2008.

Known as the "Prince of Chintz," Mario Buatta was an interior decorator famed for his English country style. Buatta, born and raised on Staten Island, loved antiques since he was a young child. His love for the English Regency came from his aunt Mary Mauro. Eager to become a designer, Buatta began taking classes at Pratt and Columbia University while working at department stores. At the age of 28, Buatta opened his own design firm in 1963. Buatta's fame continued to rise during the second half of the 20th century. In addition to his work as a designer, Buatta licenced his name to interior goods, such as bedding and lighting fixtures. Mario Buatta passed away on October 15, 2018 at the age of 82.

Zachary Buchalter joined Leslie Fay Inc. as general production manager in 1954, became president in 1965. He was active in popularizing Quiana, a silk like fiber in the nylon family, in the manufacture of dresses. He died in 1971 at the age of 53.

Dana Buchman is an American fashion designer. Buchman graduated from Brown University and was a President's Fellow at the Rhode Island School of Design before earning an Advanced Degree in Fashion at London's St. Martin's School of Art. After graduating, Dana Buchman became a creative head for Ellen Tracy.

In 1982, Dana Buchman was approached by American designer and executive Liz Claiborne and joined the corporation with a design job in knitwear. After five years with Liz Claiborne, Buchman started her eponymous bridge collection under the Liz Claiborne corporation.

In 2008, Buchman announced that she would be discontinuing her higher priced line to design exclusively for Kohl's. In 2011, Liz Claiborne sold the Dana Buchman brand to Kohls

Jeffrey Buchman works as a professor in the Advertising and Marketing department at the Fashion Institute of Technology. In the 1990s, he was the head of the Advertising Communications, Marketing Communications and Direct Marketing Department. He began teaching in the video department at FIT in 1974. His father Sid Buchman also taught at FIT.

Sid Buchman was a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. His son, Jeffrey Buchman also taught at FIT.

Joan Juliet Buck (1948 - ) is an American Writer. She began her career working as a fashion assistant for "Glamour" magazine in New York. At the age of 23, Buck became a features editor for British Vogue. In 1980, she moved to American Vogue. Two years later, Buck published her first book. Buck became the first American editor of French Vogue. From 1994 to 2001, Buck helped doubled the magazine's readership. In 2017, Buck published Price of Illusion, a memoir that delves into her rise in the publishing industry.

Italian high fashion brand of the LVMH group

Bullock's was a chain of full-line department stores from 1907 through 1995, headquartered in Los Angeles, growing to operate across California, Arizona and Nevada. Bullock's also operated as many as seven more upscale Bullocks Wilshire specialty department stores stores across Southern California. Many former Bullock's locations continue to operate as Macy's.

Bunka Fashion College is Japan's first fashion school. Originally founded in 1919 as a small dressmaking school, it was approved as the first dressmaking school in Japan in 1923. It is globally considered one of the most prestigious fashion schools in Asia and has produced many renowned designers including Kenzo Takada, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe, Jun Takahashi, and more.

A former draper’s apprentice, Thomas Burberry opened his first shop in Basingstoke in 1856 at only 21 years old. Focussing on developing outdoor attire, by 1870 the business was well established.

Introducing the fabric gabardine, a hardwearing, water resistant, breathable fabric in 1888, Burberry took out a patent for improved materials and was creating waterproof garments by the turn of the century. In 1891 Burberry expanded, opening a shop in London.

In 1901 the Equestrian Knight Logo was developed and added to the clothes designed for the new leisured classes, sportswear and raincoat. In 1911 Burberry dressed Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, and Ernest Shackleton who led an expedition to cross Antartica.

In 1914 the War Office commissioned Burberry to adapt the officer’s coat to better suit the war conditions which resulted in the trench coat. After the war the style of the trench coat became popular, and in 1924 the famous Burberry check was designed and used as a lining for the trench.

In 1955 Burberry was taken over by Great Universal stores. The following decade the Burberry check print became hugely popular. During the seventies the brand became a casual cult style with the British, leading to the 1990’s popularisation with the football and ‘chav’ social groups.

In 1997 under influence of Rose Marie Bravo, newly appointed worldwide chief executive of Burberry, a restyle of Burberrys image started with help from a Mario Testino advertising campaign and the flagship store in London being beautifully revamped. The following February Roberto Menichette was appointed as creative director until Christopher Bailey took his place in 2001

The brand sexed up its image during the last decade with advertising campaigns using iconic models and faces including Kate Moss, Lily Donaldson, George Craig, Agyness Deyn, Emma Watson and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

Burdines was an American chain of department stores operating in the state of Florida, headquartered in Miami. The original store opened in Bartow, Florida in the 1890s. Over its nearly 110-year history, Burdines grew into a popular chain of department stores, known as 'The Florida Store,' decorated with palm trees in the center of the store, painted in pink and blue, and other subtropical colors and motifs. In 1956, the stores became a part of Federated Department Stores, Inc. (now Macy's, Inc.) On January 30, 2004, it was renamed Burdines-Macy's, and a year later, on March 6, 2005, the name Burdines was dropped altogether. The majority of the stores were rebranded as Macy's while a handful closed.

Dale Burg is an American writer. She has published 24 books, worked as a writing and editing instructor at NYU and Montclair State University, and has written for film and television.

French painter, decorator, and architect

Laurence Burns was an English photographer. His first job was working as a production photographer at the Other Place! in Stratford-upon-Avon, just north of London. Throughout his 30 year career, Burns photographed productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Young Vic, English Shakespeare Company, and Newbury’s Watermill theatre.

Robin Burns was born in Cripple Creek, Colorado in 1953. Burns began working at the age of 13. Burns moved to New York in 1974 after graduating from Syracuse College. Burns accepted a position in Bloomingdale's executive training program. Following completion of the program, Burns began working for Bloomingdale's in the home furnishings and cosmetics department. She was hired by Calvin Klein in 1982. Eight years later, Burns became president and CEO of Estée Lauder. Burns moved to the Limited, Inc. in 1998, where she created the subsidiary Intimate Brands Inc. Burns was responsible for changing Victoria's Secret from a budget perfume and lotion company to a internationally acclaimed lingerie store. Robin Burns retired in 2004.

Stephen Gerald Burrows was born on September 15, 1943 in Newark, NJ. He attended the Philadelphia Museum College of Art from 1961-1963 and then attended the Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T) from 1964-1966, where he graduated with a degree in fashion design. Successfully selling his garments to his friends or the "commune" as he referred to them, he co-founded "O" Boutique in 1968 on Park Avenue South.Burrows' use of color, color combinations, and fabrics was unheard of at this time. Burrows was influenced by rhythm and dance inspiring garments with a softer, slimmer silhouette that moved with the body and as a finishing touch, he originated the "Lettuce Edge", which is still in use today. In 1970, the fashion industry took notice of Burrows' innovative designs, where he was hired by Henri Bendel and given a boutique named "Stephen Burrows World". In 1973, Burrows was chosen to be a part of a collaborative fashion benefit between the United States and France at the Palace of Versailles, where Burrows and American fashion became an international sensation. Following his success, Burrows received the Coty award in 1973, 1974 and 1977. Burrows later left Bendel to open his own business on seventh avenue, marking his hiatus from the fashion industry until 2002. On February 13th, 2002 "Stephen Burrows World" reopened at Henri Bendel, reintroducing Burrows into the fashion world. In 2006, Burrows received the CFDA's Board of Directors Special Tribute after 40 years as a designer.

Underwear brand

Byblos is a fashion brand focused on creating young, care-free designs. The company was founded in 1973 as a division of Genny SpA. In 1975 and 1976, Gianni Versace worked as the head designer. Throughout the 1980s, the brand was successful under the direction of Alan Cleaver and Keith Varty. In 1996, Varty and Cleaver were fired after a few tumultuous years. Richard Tyle replaced Varty and Cleaver, but only after a year, he too was replaced by John Bartlett. Bartlett also lasted one year. Martine Sitbon (women's wear) and Sandy Dalal (men's wear) were brought on in 2001.

Cadette is a fashion brand active in the second half of the 20th century. The brand was founded by Enzo Clocchiatti and was located in Milan, Italy.