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US.20181012-004 · Person · 1910 April 20-1991 February 12

"The son of a famous U.S. Senator who was a chief architect of Social Security, Robert Wagner Jr. graduated from Yale University in 1933 and received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1937. Fresh out of law school, Wagner, a lifelong Democrat, was elected to the Assembly, where he served three terms. He enlisted in the Army during World War II, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel. Upon returning to New York City, Wagner served in different capacities under Mayor O'Dwyer, until he successfully ran for Manhattan Borough President in 1949. In 1953, Wagner ran in the Democratic primary for mayor with the backing of Tammany Hall. He beat Vincent Impellitteri by a large margin and went on to win the general election. At his inauguration, Wagner pledged to create a "government dedicated to the best interest of all people" and extolled the virtue of public service as "among the most noble challenges and among the greatest responsibilities.""

During Wagner's twelve years as mayor, several large scale projects were initiated or completed, such as the construction of the Van Wyck Expressway, the Grand Central Parkway, the Long Island Expressway, the Verrazano-Narrows and Throgs Neck Bridges, Shea Stadium, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. During Wagner's tenure the city also hosted the 1964-65 World's Fair. Wagner is credited with making gains in slum clearance and the creation of public housing. He reduced corruption in city government and expanded the police force. He appointed talented professionals to serve in his administration and greatly increased the number of minorities in civil service. Twice reelected, Wagner decided not to seek a fourth term in 1965, instead returning to private practice. He was appointed ambassador to Spain from 1968 to 1969, resigning to run unsuccessfully in the mayoral primary. In 1976, President Jimmy Carter named him US representative to the Vatican. He practiced law in New York City and also served on the City Charter Revision Commission in the 1980's. In 1989, New York University named its graduate school of public service in his honor. Wagner died of heart failure at his Manhattan home on February 12, 1991."

US.20181012-009 · Person · 1897-1983

Mona von Bismarck was born Edmona Travis Strader in Louisville in 1897. Much of her fortune came from her ex-husbands. Her third husband, Harrison Williams (1873–1953), was one of the richest men in the U.S. in the 1920s. Mona used her husbands' wealth to keep up with the latest fashions. French designers named her the "Most Fashionable Woman in the World" in 1933. Mona Travis Strader Williams was the muse of Cristóbal Balenciaga. After losing much of her wardrobe in a train accident, she famously ordered 150 pieces from Balenciaga. Salvador Dalí painted her in 1943. Her title "von Bismarck" came from her fourth husband, Count Edward von Bismarck, when the two married in 1955. In 1958, Bismarck was named to Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed Hall of Fame. Mona von Bismarck passed away in 1983.

US.20181012-010 · Person · 1890-1954

Oswald de Andrade was born José Oswald De Sousa Andrade on January 11, 1890, in São Paulo, Brazil. The young Andrade traveled throughout Europe with his family. It was on these trips that he became familiar with the European avant-gardes of the early 20th Century. Although receiving a law degree in 1919, Andrade made it his life mission to introduce modern art to Brazil. In 1922, he and Mário de Andrade (no relation) organized the Week of Modern Art in São Paulo. Three years later, Oswald de Andrade published Pau-Brasil, a manifesto of sorts that called for Brazilians to reject the colonial culture and recognize Brazil's native heritage. Andrade's greatest contribution to Latin American Modernism was the Antropofagia (“Cannibalism”) literary movement. Throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Andrade's political beliefs became more and more radical, and in 1931, he joined the Communist Party. Although he left the party in 1945, he remained politically active until his death on October 22, 1954.

Baghsarian, Arsho
US.20181012-011 · Person

Arsho Baghsarian was born in Turkey to Armenian parents and immigrated to the United States in 1957, during her teen years, eager to study design. She would receive her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors in fashion design From the Pratt Institute in New York in 1962.
That same year, after she competed in a competition for best student fashion design among the top ten fashion students in the country and received the prestigious annual N.Y. Fashion Designer Celanese Award, Baghsarian briefly designed sportswear on 7th Avenue. However, a phone call from former professor Laura Tosato Busgang was the catalyst that caused the young woman, who during adolescence had cut out and laced cardboard soles with bright ribbons, to begin what would become a successful career spanning more than forty-five years in the footwear industry. The phone call concerned a position with Genesco that was designed to reinvigorate it Christian Dior, a position Baghsarian gladly accepted in 1963. Six months later the Christian Dior division of Genesco merged with I Miller, another division of Genesco. Baghsarian took over design for the new label until 1969. Before leaving the label and pursuing other projects within the footwear industry, Baghsarian received the Pellon Award, as well as won the Leather Industries of America’s American Shoe Designer Award in the women’s best footwear category in 1968.
From 1969 to 1971, Baghsarian designed for Andrew Geller’s Etcetera & Adlib lines. After she teamed up with Jerry Miller and helped design his Margaret Jerrold and Shoe Biz lines. (Jerry Miller’s grandfather founded I. Miller, which he worked for until I. Miller was bought by Genesco and he started his own line.) She credits her fifteen years at the company as having a huge influence on her career years at the company run by Jerry Miller—credits him as having huge influence on her career since Miller’s Margaret Jerrold, Shoe Strings and Shoe Biz lines had her creating footwear in factories around the world from Spain to Italy to France and even becoming the first company to make fashion sandals at a price in mainland China. Miller was so impressed by Arsho’s work he created the Arsho for Shoe Biz label. The title of the line was fitting for a designer who did not remain behind the scenes and preferred instead to present her designs at trunk shows, such as at Lord & Taylor and Bonwit Teller and be on a first-name basis with customers.
In 1986 until 2008, Baghsarian designed for Stuart Weitzman & Company. During this time she also designed a couture line under the Arsho label, however, her talent led to Weitzman awarding her the label Arsho for Stuart Weitzman. She became the first full-time designer he collaborated with on his collection, which was not limited to casual stretch shoes, thongs, sneakers, mules, clogs, fur and mouton boots, bridal shoes and evening footwear complete with with pave stones and jeweled architectural heels. Within the company, Baghsarian was able to fully express her creativity, whether displaying her affinity for whimsical designs or her taste for glamor.
In January 2008, Baghsarian retired from the footwear industry and was inducted into Footwear News Hall of Fame. She now divides her time between Manhattan and Southhampton with her husband of more than forty years, fashion photographer and sculptor Avedis Baghsarian. Despite her retirement, she admits she will never stop designing.

Bernstein, Aline, 1881-1955
US.20181012-013 · Person · 1881-1955

Aline Bernstein was a production designer working in the early 20th Century. She was hired by the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York as a costume designer in 1915. Bernstein would design costumes for every production put on by the Neighborhood Playhouse as well as occasionally creating sets for their shows. During her spare time, she would study historic costume, visiting museum collections throughout the city. When the theater closed in 1927, Bernstein continued to design for Broadway productions. In 1937, she helped establish the Museum of Costume Art, which was later incorporated into the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

US.20181012-014 · Corporate body

Beryl Tucker Young Trends Inc. was a trend forecasting company catered to childrenswear manufacturers.

Bonney, Thérèse, 1894-1978
US.20181012-017 · Person · 1894-1978

Thérèse Bonney was an American photographer and journalist working in France during the 20th century. Bonney was born around 1894 in Syracuse, New York. She first came to France in 1919 as part of the first intercontinental student exchange program. Two years later, Bonney received her PhD from the Sorbonne. As a journalist, she covered both the Russian campaign in Finland and later, the Nazi occupation in France. She was a member of the French resistance. After the war, Bonney wrote a column for Le Figaro and founded the first American illustrated press in Europe. Thérèse Bonney passed away in Paris on January 15, 1978 at the age of 83.

Burns, Laurence
US.20181012-019 · Person

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.

Calvin Klein, Inc.
US.20181012-020 · Corporate body · 1968 (date of establishment)
Caputo, Michael
US.20181012-021 · Person

Michael Caputo is an author of children's novelty books and quilting books. He studied Advertising and Graphic Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York

Chinn, Alva
US.20181012-023 · Person

Alva Chinn is an American fashion model. She was one of Oscar de la Renta's favorite models. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Chinn worked as a successful model for well-known designers of the period, including modeling for the American contingent at the 'Battle of Versailles' in 1973. In 1977, Chinn appeared on the cover of musical group Chic's debut album "Chic". Chinn began acting in 1983, which she continues to do to this day.

Fini, Leonor, 1908-1996
US.20181012-024 · Person · 1908-1996

"Leonor Fini is considered one of the most important women artists of the mid-twentieth century, along with Leonora Carrington, Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim, Remedios Varo, and Dorothea Tanning – most of whom Fini knew well. Her career, which spanned some six decades, included painting, graphic design, book illustration, product design (the renowned torso-shaped perfume bottle for Schiaparelli’s Shocking), and set and costume design for theatre, ballet, opera, and film. In this compellingly readable, exhaustively researched account, author Peter Webb brings Fini’s provocative art and unconventional personal life, as well as the vibrant avant-garde world in which she revolved, vividly in life.

Born in Buenos Aires in 1907 (August 30 – January 18, 1996, Paris) to Italian and Argentine parents, Leonor grew up in Trieste, Italy, raised by her strong-willed, independent mother, Malvina. She was a virtually self-taught artist, learing anatomy directly from studying cadavers in the local morgue and absorbing composition and technique from the Old Masters through books and visits to museums.

Fini’s fledging attempts at painting in Trieste let her to Milan, where she participated in her first group exhibition in 1929, and then to Paris in 1931.
Her vivacious personality and flamboyant attire instantly garnered her a spotlight in the Parisian art world and she soon developed close relationships with the leading surrealist writers and painters, including Paul Eluard, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Max Ernst, who became her lover for a time. The only surrealist she could not abide because of his misogyny was André Breton. Although she repeatedly exhibited with them, she never considered herself a surrealist. The American dealer Julien Levy, very much impressed by Fini’s painting and smitten by her eccentric charms, invited her to New York in 1936, where she took part in a joint gallery exhibition with Max Ernst and met many American surrealists, including Joseph Cornell and Pavel Tchelitchew. Her work was included in MoMA’s pivotal Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism exhibition, along with De Chirico, Dali, Ernst, and Yves Tanguy.

In 1939 in Paris she curated an exhibition of surrealist furniture for her childhood friend Leo Castelli for the opening of his first gallery.
Introductions to her exhibition catalogues were written by De Chirico, Ernst, and Jean Cocteau.

A predominant theme of Fini’s art is the complex relationship between the sexes, primarily the interplay between the dominant female and the passive, androgynous male. In many of her most powerful works, the female takes the form of a sphinx, often with the face of the artist. Fini was also an accomplished portraitist; among her subjects were Stanislao Lepri and Constantin (Kot) Jelenski (two of her longtime lovers, with who she lived simultaneously, along with more than a dozen cats), and her friends writer Jean Genet, actresses Maria Casarès, Anna Magnani, Alida Valli, and Suzanne Flon, ballerina Margot Fonteyn, film director Luchino Visconti, artists Meret Oppenheim and Leonora Carrington, and socialites Francesca Ruspoli and Hélène Rochas.

Fini’s love of designing for stage and screen may have derived from her passion for extravagant masks, elaborate costumes, and fantastical drama. She created award-winning set designs, costumes, and posters for the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera Association, George Balanchine’s Le Palais de cristal (now called Symphony in C), Anouilh’s Les Demoiselles de la nuit, Renato Castellani’s Romeo and Juliet, Wagner’s Tannhäuser, Racine’s Bérénice, Jean Genet’s The Maids and The Balcony, Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2, and John Huston’s A Walk with Love, Anjelica Huston’s first film.

Talented, glamorous, and controversial, Leonor Fini was a frequent subject of poems and photographs by many members of her circle, including Charles Henri Ford, Paul Eluard, Georges Hugnet, Erwin Blumenfeld, Dora Maar, Man Ray, Georges Platt Lynes, Lee Miller, Horst, Brassaï, Cecil Beaton, and Henri Cartier-Bresson"

Cervantes, Steven
US.20181012.022 · Person

Steven Cervantes was an illustrator, working with pen and watercolor.

Cleveland, Pat
US.20181013-001 · Person · 1950-

Pat Cleveland was one of the most popular models working in Fashion during the later half of the 20th Century. Born in 1950, Cleveland's modeling career began in 1967 after being spotted on a subway platform by Carrie Donovan, an assistant editor at Vogue magazine. Vogue published an article on Cleveland's fashion designs. The African American lifestyle magazine, Ebony, hired Cleveland to model for their annual Fashion Fair national runway tour. After working with Ebony, Cleveland signed with New York's Ford modelling agency. During the last few years of the '60s, Cleveland worked with some of the best photographers, like Richard Avedon and Irving Penn. Cleveland, however, became fed up with the U.S. and its racism. She moved to Paris in 1971, stating that she wouldn't come back to the U.S. until a black woman appeared on the cover of Vogue. While in France, she became friendly with Karl Lagerfeld and lived with fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez and his entourage. While in Paris, Cleveland worked with some of the biggest names in fashion. In 1973, she was one of the models chosen to walk in the legendary 'Battle of Versaille.' After Beverly Johnson appeared on the cover of US Vogue in 1974, Cleveland returned to the U.S. Having proven herself to be a talented runway model, Cleveland was hired by many designers to walk the catwalk in their shows. Cleveland continued to work in fashion until the mid-1980s when she went into semi-retirement to focus on her family. In 1995, Cleveland started her own modelling agency in Piedmont, Italy. Cleveland published a memoir, "Walking with the Muses," in 2016. While returning to the runway for Paris Fashion Week in 2019, Cleveland fell ill. She was diagnosed with colon cancer. Luckily, she pulled through. As of Fall 2020, Cleveland is healthy and continues to work in fashion. Her daughter is model Anna Cleveland.

Conrad, Giorgio
US.20181013-002 · Person · 1827-1889

Giorgio Conrad (1827–1889) was an Swiss-born Italian photographer active in the mid-19th century.

Contempora Art Circle
US.20181013-003 · Corporate body · 1935-

Contempora Art Circle was founded by the artist Frank Herrmann in New York (509 Madison Avenue) in 1935. May also be known as the New Art Circle.

Christopher, Dennis
US.20181013-004 · Person · 1955-

Dennis Christopher (1955 - ) is an American actor known for "Breaking Away" and "Django Unchained."

Crawford, Jay H.
US.20181013-005 · Person · 1930-

John Hyde Crawford, known as Jay to friends, was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1930. Crawford studied fashion illustration at Parsons in New York, and soon after graduating, was hired by Bonwit Teller. While at Bonwit, Crawford was tasked to reinterpret the store's violet bouquet symbol. After sketching for about 25 minutes, Crawford came up with the design that Bonwit used until going out of business in 1989. Throughout the 1960s, Crawford drew fashion illustrations for newspaper ads, which often appeared in the New York Times. In 1968, Crawford founded "Quadrille," a fabric and wallpaper company known for bold colors and patterns.

Dillon, Phyllis
US.20181018-001 · Person

Phyllis Dillon is an Independent Scholar and Consulting Museum Curator. She has worked for over 35 years in the fields of costume and textile studies, and in museums as a textile conservator, curator and arts administrator. She was a textile conservator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Textile Conservation Workshop. In the 1980s-90s she was a grants officer at the New York State Council on the Arts in the Museum Program. In that position she oversaw the distribution of millions of dollars to Museum’s statewide.

For the last 20 years she has concentrated her research on the history of the Jewish role in the American garment industry and the history of ready-made clothing. She was Main Researcher and Associate Curator of the National Endowment for the Humanities funded exhibit: “A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry 1860-1960 at Yeshiva University Museum in the Center for Jewish History in 2005 and co-authored the catalogue of the same name. She also had an article in a second book called A Perfect Fit published by Texas University Tech in 2012.

She was Associate Producer and Main Researcher on a documentary film called “Dressing America: Tales from the Garment Center (2014) in collaboration with Pacific Street Films . The film showed in international film festivals and was aired on PBS in 2014 and 2016.

Her latest publication is a chapter co-written with British business historian Andrew Godley about the history of the American garment industry in the book Chosen Capital: The Jewish Encounter with American Capitalism from Rutgers University Press (July 2012).

She holds a Certificate in Museum Studies and an M.A. in anthropology from New York University. She was awarded a Winston Churchill Traveling Fellowship to Great Britain in 1981 to study the differences between American and British Art Conservation Services and has lectured widely. Since 2016 she has researched and done selected oral history interviews of senior members of the Fashion Industry for the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Goodman, Andrew
US.20181026-001 · Person · 1907-1993

Andrew Goodman was the son of Bergdorf Goodman founder, Edwin Goodman. He briefly studied at the University of Michigan before embarking on an apprenticeship at the Paris couture house of Jean Patou in 1926, after which he returned to New York to join the department store's staff. During WWII, he served as a lieutenant in the US Navy and following the war returned to Bergdorf Goodman, becoming the President in 1951--and upon his father's death in 1953--Chairman/Owner until 1975. Goodman sat on multiple Boards and development committees in New York City, including the Board of Trustees of the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Andrew Goodman passed away in 1993 at the age of 86.

Steele, Valerie
US.20181026-002 · Person · 1955-

Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she has personally organized more than 20 exhibitions since 1997, including The Corset: Fashioning the Body, London Fashion, Gothic: Dark Glamour, Shoe Obsession, Daphne Guinness, A Queer History of Fashion, and Dance and Fashion. She is also founder and editor in chief of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, the first peer-reviewed, scholarly journal in Fashion Studies.

Steele combines serious scholarship (and a Yale Ph.D.) with a rare ability to communicate with general audiences. She is author or co-author of more than 20 books, including Fashion and Eroticism, Paris Fashion, Women of Fashion, Fetish: Fashion, Sex and Power, The Corset: A Cultural History, Gothic: Dark Glamour, Japan Fashion Now, The Impossible Collection Fashion, The Berg Companion to Fashion, and Fashion Designers A-Z: The Collection of The Museum at FIT, as well as contributing essays to publications, such as Fashion and Art and Impressionism, Fashion & Modernity. Her books have been translated into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian.

As author, curator, editor, and public intellectual, Valerie Steele has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies and in raising awareness of the cultural significance of fashion. She has appeared on many television programs, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Undressed: The Story of Fashion. Described in The Washington Post as one of fashions brainiest women and by Suzy Menkes as The Freud of Fashion, she was listed among Fashions 50 Most Powerful by the Daily News and as one of The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry in the Business of Fashion 500 (2014).

State University of New York
US.20181026-003 · Corporate body · 1948 (date of establishment)

The nation’s largest comprehensive public university system, The State University of New York (SUNY), was established in 1948.

Elkin, Stephen
US.20181026-005 · Person · unknown

Stephen Elkin was the chairman and chief executive officer of Bergdorf Goodman. He joined the department store in 1978 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. He became the CEO in 1994. He left Bergdorf Goodman in 2000 and took a position at Fashion500.com, only to leave six months later.

Goodman, Nena
US.20181026-006 · Person · [1911]-1998

Nena Goodman, daughter-in-law of Bergdorf Goodman founder, Edwin Goodman, and widow of Andrew Goodman.

Mello, Dawn
US.20181026-007 · Person

Dawn Mello joined Berdorf Goodman in 1975 as vice president of fashion. She was successful in reinvigorating the conservative store and became president in 1984. She left her post in 1989 to work for the floundering Italian fashion house Gucci, though she returned to her post as president in 1994.

Goodman, Edwin
US.20181026-008 · Person · 1918-2006

Edwin Goodman of Hambro International Equity Partners was grandson to and named after Edwin Goodman of Bergdorf Goodman.

Riley, Robert
US.20181026-009 · Person · 1911-2001

"Robert Riley, an expert on fashion design who oversaw collections and organized design shows at the Brooklyn Museum of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology, died on Oct. 6 at a hospital in Hyannis, Mass. He was 90 and lived in Truro, Mass. Mr. Riley retired in 1981 after two decades as director of the design laboratory of the Fashion Institute, in Manhattan. Earlier he held posts in the design field at the Brooklyn Museum for decades. Looking back in 1981 at recent fashion history, he said ruefully, ''The social upheaval of the 50's and 60's broke the back of the fashion business so that people are no longer concerned with how they look or with what's coming out of Paris.'' Some weeks before he left the Fashion Institute, he oversaw his last costume show there, a retrospective of the work of the noted textile and fabric designer Mario Fortuny. One fashion writer wrote of Mr. Riley at the time that the exhibition reflected ''the teamwork, good planning and unerring eye that are his trademarks.''"

Traub, Lee
US.20181109-001 · Person · Unknown

Lee Traub was married to Bloomingdale's CEO from 1948 till Marvin's death in 2012. The two met in 1947 while Lee was studying modern dance under Martha Graham at Smith College. Lee Traub, though never an actual member of the executive board at Bloomingdale's, was present and involved throughout her husband's career. The two had been married for 38 years at the time of this interview. In addition to being an active participant in Marvin's work, Lee Traub was on the Martha Graham Board of Trustees, and served as President of the Board from 1982 until roughly 1987. This interview was conducted by Estelle Ellis, founder of Business, Inc., a business market research firm.

Traub, Marvin
US.20181109-002 · Person · 1925-2012

Born on April 14, 1925 in New York City, Marvin S. Traub was a key figure in the retail industry of the mid to late 20th century. He is best known for turning Bloomingdale's Department Store into an upmarket, fashion forward cultural center and taking it from a $65 million dollar business in 1950 to a billion dollar business in 1987. Before starting at Bloomingdale's, Traub graduated from Harvard's undergraduate college and then Harvard Business School. Traub also served in WWII and in 1948 he married his wife, Lee (n

Cooke, Gordon
US.20181109-003 · Person

Gordon Cooke was the Executive Vice President for Sales Promotion at Bloomingdale's throughout the 1980s, eventually leaving Bloomingdale's to work for Time Warner in 1992. While at Bloomingdale's, Cooke worked under Marvin S. Traub, who was in his final decade as the chief executive at the department store.

D'Arcy, Barbara
US.20181109-004 · Person

Barbara D'Arcy worked at Bloomingdale's from 1958 to 1995. She started as a fabric buyer, then designed model rooms for the furniture department from 1958-1973, then became the head of store design in 1973 and was a merchandising executive by 1975. In addition to the model rooms, D'Arcy is known for her redesign of the store interior in 1979, still intact on the first floor. D'Arcy retired in 1995 after almost 40 years with the Bloomingdale's. D'Arcy's rooms were like staged vignettes, displaying the most fashionable styles of interior decoration. D'Arcy traveled across the globe for inspiration and was among the first Americans to visit the People's Republic of China after relations normalized after 1972. While Bloomingdale's was already known for its home furnishings, it was D'Arcy that elevated the department store's reputation to that of an industry leader in fashionable interiors. D'Arcy was amonf the first honorees to be inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 1985.

Bass, Barbara
US.20181109-005 · Person

Barbara Bass joined Bloomingdale's in 1980 as Operating Vice President for Branch Store Merchandising and remained with the company for almost seven years. Before coming to Bloomingdale's, Bass had worked for Burdine's, another division of Bloomingdale's parent company, Federated Department Stores. In April 1985, Bass was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Merchandise Manager at Bloomingdale's. This interview takes place roughly one month before Bass was named Chairperson and CEO of San Francisco's I. Magnin & Company, another division of Federated. While she praised Bloomingdale's equal treatment of women in the workplace, her new role at I. Magnin & Co. made her the first female CEO of any of the Federated divisions.

Axelrod, Norman
US.20181109-006 · Person

Norman Axelrod had been at Bloomingdale's for eleven years, and was the Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager at the time of this interview. Axelrod started in the summer of 1976 as a retail trainee and continued to work at Bloomingdale's into 1987, at which point he became the president and CEO of Linens 'n Things in 1988.

Levine, Carl
US.20181109-007 · Person · 1929-2004

Carl Levine was born in 1929 in Bloomingdale, NJ, and died in his Manhattan apartment in 2004. Levine started in the home furnishings business working for his family's junior department store. After making market visits to Bloomingdale's for work, Levine became interested in the innovations he was seeing at the large department store and he joined the company in 1955. Starting as an assistant mattress buyer, Levine was promoted within the home furnishings department, eventually becoming the Sr. Vice President of the department in 1979, a position which he still held in 1986. Levine played a large role in Bloomingdale's development of period reproduction furniture and worked closely with Barbara D'arcy in the creation of Bloomingdale's themed model rooms. This interview was conducted by Estelle Ellis, founder of Business, Inc., a business market research firm.

Garro, Dennis
US.20181109-008 · Person · [1931]-

Dennis Garro served as the Senior Vice President / General Manager of the Men's division at Bloomingdale's as well as the Boys division and Young World (kids) division. He worked with Macy's San Francisco for nine years prior, and was with the Macy's organization in Kansas City for a year and a half before that. His career first began in 1970 at Abraham & Straus. His work with the men's division began when he moved to Macy's San Francisco. While at Macy's San Francisco, Garro also worked in general ready-to-wear before becoming the regional director of stores. At the time of this interview, Garro had been reporting directly to Marvin S. Traub at Bloomingdale's for roughly one year. Garro retired from Bloomingdale's in 1989, after roughly four and a half years with the company. This happened amidst the pending sale of Bloomingdale's.

Stravitz, Russell
US.20181109-009 · Person

Russell Stravitz joined Bloomingdale's in 1969 and had been working on and off at the company for 18 years as of 1986. For the previous 5 years, Stravitz had been reporting directly to Bloomingdale's CEO, Marvin S. Traub as the Executive VP of Bloomingdale's stores and the General Merchandising Manager of Ready-to-Wear and Fashion Accessories. Stravitz continued working at Bloomingdale's until 1980, before leaving to become the President of Rich's/ Goldsmith's Department Store.

Tomchin, Julian
US.20181109-010 · Person · Unknown

Julian Tomchin was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1932. He fell in love with textile design while studying at Manhattan's High School of Music and Art. His fabrics are in wardrobes of some of the nation's most fashionable women and he has earned many awards.

Schaefer, Terron
US.20181109-011 · Person

Terry Schaefer was the Vice President of Marketing at Bloomingdale's in 1986. His professional career began after finishing his MBA at University of Texas and starting in marketing at Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (DDB) in 1972. After working on a number of different brands including Chanel, Schaefer left DDB for the position of Senior VP of Marketing at William Filene and Sons.

"Mr. Terron E. Schaefer, also known as Terry, served as Group Senior Vice President of Marketing at Saks Fifth Avenue Inc. Mr. Schaefer served as the Chief Creative Officer and Executive Vice President at Saks Incorporated until November 4, 2013. He served as Group Senior Vice President of Creative & Marketing of Saks Inc., from February 2004 to September 2006. He serves as Senior Executive Officer of Saks Fifth Avenue, a Division of Saks Inc. He served as Worldwide Creative Director of Simon Property Group from September 2003 to February 2004. He was the Co-founder of style365.com and served as its Co-Chief Executive Officer from August 1998 to July 2002. He served as Senior Vice President, Marketing - Worldwide Retail of Warner Brothers from 1995 to 1998. His marketing career spans over 30 years and includes a wealth of international retail experience. Mr. Schaefer served as Senior Vice President, Marketing, Worldwide Retail of Warner Bros., with responsibility for international marketing and brand development from 1995 to 1998; and from 1988 to 1995 his retail marketing experience included leadership positions at Macy's West, Galerias Preciados, Harrod's, Bloomingdale's, and William Filene and Sons. Mr. Schaefer began his marketing career at Doyle Bane Bernbach where he served as Vice President of International. While there, he formulated advertising strategies and supervised creative development for H.J. Heinz, Polaroid, Chanel, and Procter & Gamble and opened offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Sydney. He has been awarded two prestigious Gold Lions at Cannes for the world's best television advertising campaigns. Mr. Schaefer received both his undergraduate and MBA degrees from the University of Texas." -Bloomberg Executive Profile

Reyburn, Alan
US.20181109-013 · Person

Alan Reyburn was the Vice President for restaurant development at Bloomingdale's starting in 1979. Before joining Bloomingdale's, Reyburn oversaw five cruise ships with the British shipping company, Cunard Lines. From Cunard, Reyburn moved into design as part of an international consulting group.

Hofbeck, Margaret
US.20181109-014 · Person · 1941-

Bloomingdale's Vice President of Executive Recruitment and Development, Margaret Hofbeck started working at Bloomingdale's in 1972. Before Bloomingdale's, Hofbeck worked in advertising and then briefly for a brokerage firm. Hofbeck started at Bloomingdale's working in labor relations and union negotiations. Her job quickly expanded to include executive recruitment and employee training.

Gribetz, Lester
US.20181109-015 · Person · [1931]-

Lester Gribetz joined Bloomingdale's in 1953 on the executive training program and spent most of his career in the company's home furnishings department. Gribetz became Senior Vice President of Home in 1977, General Merchandise Manager of Home and Cosmetics in 1979 and Executive Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Home, Cosmetics and Restaurants in 1980. In 1989, he was named Vice Chairman with added responsibilities for special merchandising projects including private-label marketing and the men's division. Gribetz left Bloomingdale's in 2004 to work for Macy's, which was owned by the same parent company as Bloomingdale's. At the time of this interview, Gribetz had worked under Marvin S. Traub for his entire Bloomingdale's career thus far.

Bloomingdale's (Firm)
US.20181109-016 · Corporate body · 1860 (date of establishment)

Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale got their start in the fashion industry in 1860 as the purveyors of ladies' hoop skirts on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. In 1872, they launched a department store called the East Side Bazaar which offered a variety of imported European fashions. Changing the name to Bloomingdales and expanding to 59th St. and Lexington Ave. in 1886, the store became well-known for its large plate glass window displays and dynamic ad campaigns. By the 1920s, Bloomingdales occupied the entire block of its 59th St. location, establishing itself as a premier shopping destination in New York City.

Bjornson, Karen
US.2018112-015 · Person · 1952-

Karen Bjornson is a fashion model who has worked in the industry for about 40 years. Born and raised in the Midwestern U.S., Bjornson began modeling in the 1970s when Halston hired her and she became a "house muse." Along with a few other chosen models, Bjornson traveled the world with Halston. The designer was not greedy and encouraged the young model to walk for other designers. Bjornson retired in 1989 to raise her daughters but returned to the runway in 2002, walking for Ralph Rucci. After the Rucci show, Bjornson rejoined the Ford Models agency and has continued to model.

Bohan, Marc
US.2018112.016 · Person · 1926-

Marc Bohan was born in Paris on August 22,1926. His mother, a milliner, encouraged Bohan to go into fashion. Bohan's first design position came in 1945, when he began working as a design assistant at Robert Piguet. Throughout the late 1940s and 1950s, Bohan worked at a both Molyneux (1949-1954) and Patou (1954-1958). After leaving Patou, Bohan attempted to open his own house. Although notices of his first show were favorable, the venture failed due to lack of financial backing. The same year, Bohan began working for Christian Dior, designing their London line of suits. At the age of 35, Bohan replaced Yves Saint Laurent as Christian Dior's Chief Designer in 1960. Dior thrived under Bohan's direction and the company acquired a new generation of customers while maintaining its original, elegant base. Bohan left Dior in 1989 and from 1990 to 1992, he worked as fashion director for Norman Hartnell in London. As of late, Bohan lives in a 18th century house in Burgundy.

Fragrance Foundation
US.20181207-001 · Corporate body · 1949 (date of establishment)

"The Fragrance Foundation, established in 1949, is a not-for-profit whose membership includes more than 82 of the world’s most important corporations in the world of Fragrance." http://www.fragrance.org/about/

Tansky, Burton, 1937-
US.20181207-002 · Person · 1937-

Burton Tansky was born on November 30th, 1937 in Pittsburg, PA. After graduating from University of Pittsburg in 1961, Tansky worked as a buyer at department stores Filene's and Kauffman's before moving into an executive role at I. Magnin's and then working as president and CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue from 1980 to 1989. Tansky became the CEO and Chairman of Bergdorf Goodman in 1990, a position he still held at the time of this interview. Tansky has received a number of industry awards, including the Superstar Award from Fashion Group International in 2006, a Visionaries! Award in 2005 from the Museum of Arts and Design, the 2004 Gold Medal Award from the National Retail Federation, and, in 2002, appointment as a “Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur” by the French government for his promotion of French-made merchandise in America. This interview was conducted by Estelle Ellis, founder of Business, Inc., a business market research firm.

Green, Annette
US.20181207-003 · Person · 1924-

Annette Green was raised by her mother. She was an only child and lived with her mother in her grandparents house. Green attended NYU and the New School, where she studied Journalism. Her first professional job was at American Druggist, a Hearst publication. She worked as an assistant for George Bender and had her own column marketed to teenage girls. In the mid 1950s, Hearst publications paid for her tuition at a night school where she continued to study journalism. She moved from American Druggist to the DuBarry Success School news letter, where she was the editor of the publication. However, she was unhappy here because of a fraught relationship with her boss. She moved into a position in sales training, working under Chris Chiossi, a woman Green admired. Green wrote speeches for Chiossi. Mcfadden magazine offered Green a position as beauty editor, which Green accepted. She worked there for about a year. She then got a call from an acquaintance telling her that the recommended her for a job as Assistant Women's Page Editor at Scripps Howard. She took the position but was later scouted by Jack Mohr, president of Lenthéric. Mohr wanted Green to be the Publicity Director of the company. Even though she knew nothing about the job, Green accepted. When Lenthéric merged with Olin Mathieson, Mohr left and Green moved into the cooperate department.

Soon, Green left and started her own company, Annette Green Associates, in 1960. Her first major account was Altman, Stroller; Green handled their fashion accounts. A year later, Mohr asked Green to help save the Fragrance Foundation. The Fragrance Foundation was founded in 1949 by the fragrance departments of Chanel, Caron, Guerlain, Coty, and Helena Rubinstein. It was originally conceived as a way to promote the everyday usage of perfume in the United States. By 1961, the foundation was failing, with very few members left. Mohr wanted Green to revive the foundation. She slowly but successfully acquired members, old and new, such as Edouard Cournand of Lanvin and Gregory Thomas of Chanel. Green also wrote a directory of all the fragrance businesses in the industry. Thanks to Green, the Fragrance Foundation became fully established. She continued working with the foundation throughout the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Green was president of the foundation from 1963 to 2003. Under Green's supervision, the Olfactory Research Fund was created to support the work of clinical psychologists.

In addition to her work for the foundation, Green wanted to create a program that would teach cosmetics and fragrance practices. She reached out to Shirley Goodman at FIT, who in turn, invited Green to teach a class on the subject one day a week. Dean Jack Rittenberg suggested the creation of an entire program. Hazel Bishop became the head of the program. Green started the Cosmetic/Fragrance ACTION council at FIT, which was made up of professionals to oversee the curriculum. In the mid 1990s, Green published a book, along with fashion journalist Linda Dyett, on jewelry that held fragrance.

"A leader in the fragrance industry since the 1960s, Annette Green originated the FiFi Award in 1972 and is currently President Emeritus of The Fragrance Foundation." http://theanglemag.com/beautify/science-scent/

"Annette Green serves as Business Development Consultant at RMJ Laboratories, Inc. Ms. Green serves as President Emeritus of The Fragrance Foundation. She is considered as an industry futurist, oversaw the fortunes of The Fragrance Foundation for over 40 years and is credited with conceiving and producing the prestigious “FiFi” Awards and for establishing an international presence for the Foundation" -Bloomberg

Wagner, Jeanette
US.20181207-005 · Person · Unknown

Jeanette Wagner studied at North Western in the late 1940s. She became a journalist and landed a position at the Hearst Corporation. Her job was to run the international division of the Corp. and starting all of their international magazines. She joined Estée Lauder in 1975.

Biography/current activities: Vice Chairman Emerita of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner’s career has spanned marketing and general management on both domestic and international fronts. She retired from The Estee Lauder Companies in January 2002. Prior to joining Estee Lauder in 1975, Mrs. Wagner held increasingly responsible editorial and management positions with The Hearst Corporation, including Editor-in-Chief of all International Editions, which she founded, and Director of New Ventures. She was the first female senior editor of The Saturday Evening Post, and an editor at The Chicago Daily News.

"Mrs. Wagner is an active worker on improving public school education in New York City and served as Secretary of the Board of the Fund for Public Schools through Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s term in office. The Mayor of New York City appointed her to the Boards of the Department of Cultural Affairs and New York City Center. Her many honors include a Lifetime Achievement Award from American Women for Economic Development and the “Women Who Inspire Us” honor from the Harvard Business School Network of Women Alumnae."

Preston, James
US.20181207-006 · Person

James E. Preston served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Avon Products Inc. from January 1989 to June 1998 and as its President from November 1988 to June 1998. Mr. Preston serves as the Chairman of Avon International Operations Inc. He has served on many other boards and positions of well known companies.

Aiken, Lawrence
US.20181207-007 · Person

President and CEO of Sanofi Beaute, Lawrence Aiken began working in the fragrance industry in 1980.

Bravo, Rosemarie
US.20181207-008 · Person

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.

Finkelstein, Ed
US.20181207-009 · Person · 1925-2014

Edward (Ed) Finkelstein was born on March 30, 1925 in New Rochelle, N.Y. He majored in economics at Harvard and received his M.B.A from the Harvard Business School. One of his first jobs after graduating was at Macy's, working as a fabric buyer, beginning in 1949. From 1956 to 1962, Finkelstein was head of the budget and ready-to-wear departments. Finkelstein oversaw the merchandising and sales promotion divisions at the Bamberger's chain in New Jersey between 1962 and 1969. He moved to California in 1969 and made "record profits" for the California division. Finkelstein moved back to the East Coast in 1974, this time settling down in New York City; he was now president of Macy's New York. He worked for the Macy's in the city, helping the company grow their annual sales by more than 20% by 1982. Finkelman became a chairman of what is now Macy's Inc. in 1980. Under his control, Finkelstein opened new Macy's stores throughout the nation. Along with 400 executives, Finkelstein, in 1986, bought Macy's to save it from a hostile takeover. Unfortunately, this purchase stressed Macy's already weak financial state, and in 1992, the company declared bankruptcy. In April of that year, Finkelstein resigned from his position at the company. Ed Finkelstein passed away in June, 2014 at the age of 89.

Grisanti, Eugene
US.20181207-010 · Person · unknown-2017

Eugene Grisanti began working at the International Flavors & Fragrances in 1960, and became Chairman, President, and CEO 1985.

Aleu, Fernando
US.20181207-011 · Person

Dr. Fernando Aleu was born in Spain in 1929. He moved from Spain to the University of Iowa for a residency as a neurologist. While working at NYU in the neurology department, he and his business partner started a fragrance company called Compar. His business was created in November, 1969 as a way to distribute the scents of his friend, the designer Paco Rabanne. Since then, the company has worked with many other brands including Carolina Herrera, Prada and Nina Ricci. In 1970, a fragrance his company produced, Calantra, was a nominated for an award by the Fragrance Foundation, and in 1976 Aleu was offered as position as president of the Fragrance Foundation. He served as president for a total of fourteen years, and also held the position of President of the Fragrance Foundation Research Fund.