Bylaws address articles of organization; the make up and reach of the Board's powers; FIT officers; the FIT seal; amendments; and miscellany.
The meeting agendas outline the structure of the meetings of the Board of Trustees, and include a list of actions to be decided and reports to be given. Beginning in the 1990s, agendas from the Staff Housing Authority meetings and Student Housing Authority meetings began to be intermingled with the Board meeting agendas.
This collection contains printed Comme des garçons promotion materials dating to circa 1999-2012.
Comme des Garçons (Firm)This folder is comprised of finished and colored design sketches from 2011 to 2012.
Includes one paper and presentation delivered at the 2012 Symposium by Patrice George, "A New Mode: Fashionable Women of the Theremin."
The yearbooks document F.I.T.'s graduating class, academic programs, and student life. The yearbooks also often document F.I.T.'s faculty and administration. The yearbooks may include a message from the current president of the college, students' artwork and writing, and images of student fashion shows. Some yearbooks describe recent developments of the college or provide a broad history of the college. The yearbook was titled Portfolio, starting in 1961.
This folder contains a single copy of the Union News bulletin dated May 2011 and notices pertaining to the memorial service for Lou Stollar.
This series is comprised of miscellaneous loose press ranging from 1984-2011 relating to George Simonton's fashion business.
This folder is comprised of collection information on designs and concepts, including collections from 2008-2011 and undated collections.
Includes one paper and presentation delivered at the 2011 Symposium by Emma Kadar Penner, "Beyond Model Myths."
This collection contains records of The Roundtable of Fashion Executives and the life of its founder Faith Keane Reichert, 1949-2011.
The Roundtable of Fashion ExecutivesThe Diversity Council records include mission statements, newsletters, and other material created or sponsored by the Council.
Diversity CouncilThis folder is comprised of miscellaneous press clippings dating from 1986 to 2011.
The Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries began informally in the late 1970s, and was officially funded by a grant from the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries beginning in 1981. The project was guided by an industry advisory committee chaired by Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., and was largely guided by then director of the Gladys Marcus Library at FIT, John Touhey.
Oral history interviews between 2010 and 2011 with models, bookers, and other Ford Modeling Agency personnel, which document the modeling industry as it affects the fashion and beauty industry.
This folder contains original screenplays written by Ethan H. Minsker titled Sunday Service, Killing the Messenger, and The Stick Up Artist or Steal Drive.
This folder contains press clippings, photographs invitations, correspondence, publications pertaining to the life of Faith Keane Reichert and a 2010 Fashion Calendar.
The Roundtable of Fashion ExecutivesThis collection contains correspondence, newsletters and Bargaining Agreements pertaining to the operations of the United College Employees of FIT union.
United College Employees of the Fashion Institute of Technology (UCE of FIT)Includes the schedule of events, summary of papers, presenters' bios, papers, and presentations delivered at the 2011 Symposium "Undressing the Fashionable Myth" which occurred on Saturday, May 7, 2011. Nine Graduate Students from the Department of Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice delivered presentations. Each presenter's paper and presentation is represented. Denyse Montegut and Lourdes Font delivered the welcoming addresses, but their presentations are not included in the files. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Larissa Shirley, "Horsefeathers! The Fabled Flapper;" Clara Berg, "The Rise and Fall of the Hemline Index;" Jessica M. Barber, "Stripped to the Bone: Myths About Corsetry;" Cassidy Percoco, "The Greek Myths of Fashion: from Antiquity to the Present;" Mariana Nannarone, "Another Look at the New Look."
Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2011 Symposium "Undressing the Fashionable Myth." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Ariele Elia, "Haute Couture or Not Couture;" Audrey Chaney, "Myth No. 5: The Little Black Dress;" Laura McLaws Helms, "Quant-ifying Myths: The Mini & More."
This folder contains various media including the original films The Dolls of Lisbon and Anything Boys Can Do. Movie posters, critic reviews, press clippings, promotional materials, and screening information are included in this folder.
Includes the advertisitng flyer, schedule of events, papers, and presentations delivered at the 2010 Symposium "Americans in Paris: Designers, Buyers, Editors, Photographers, Models, and Clients in Paris Fashion" which occurred on Saturday, May 8, 2010. Six Graduate Students from the Department of Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice delivered presentations. Each presenter's paper and presentation is represented. Karen Trivette Cannell and Patty Sicular delivered the welcoming addresses, but their presentations are not included in the file. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Nicole Bloomfield, "From Shopping in Paris to Hitler's Bathtub: Thérèse Bonney and Lee Miller;" Sarah Byrd, "Adopted by Paris Fashion: Marc Jacobs & Karl Lagerfeld;" Michelle Kauffman, "The Couture Client as Patron of the Art of Fashion."
This collection contains scrapbooks and company records related to the Lord and Taylor department stores, primarily focused on the original stores in New York City. The scrapbook series consists of unbound pages of newspaper and magazine clippings of Lord and Taylor stores in New York City and the greater New York Area. Company records include advertising, photographs and illustrations of Lord and Taylor buildings, company catalogs, press releases and clippings, as well as internal company histories authored by Lord and Taylor. A small subseries relates to biographical information and photographs of former Lord and Taylor president Dorothy Shaver.
Lord & TaylorThis folder is comprised of miscellaneous press clippings dating from 1984 to 2010.
This folder is comprised of finished and colored design sketches from 2009 to 2010.
This series contains personal artwork by Newey.
This folder contains press clippings, correspondence, Lord & Taylor catalogs and photocopies of advertisements.
Lord & TaylorThis folder contains Invitations, press releases and schedules relating to Lord and Taylor holiday events.
This series consists of a single folder containing miscellaneous ads and press clippings which largely do not pertain to Lord & Taylor.
Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2010 Symposium "Americans in Paris: Designers, Buyers, Editors, Photographers, Models, and Clients in Paris Fashion." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Alexis Anselmi, "Bettina Ballard: In Her Paris Fashion, 1935-1945;" Gwendolyn Donahue, "J'ai Deux Amours: African American Influence on Paris Fashion;" Laura Mina, "The Fashion for Franklin: A New American in Paris."
This folder contains photographs and movie stills taken by Ethan Minsker and of Ethan Minsker.
This collection is comprised of 1170 folders containing color slides of runway show(s)s, between the years 1970 and 2010, of a variety of designers, arranged in alphabetical order.
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Gladys Marcus LibraryThis folder contain, a newsletter for the Global Voice Foundation, MFIT calendars, correspondance, membership lists, and press clippings for The Roundtable of Fashion Executives.
The Roundtable of Fashion ExecutivesThis folder contains press, art brochures/tear sheets, correspondence, business cards, certificates/bios pertaining to the carerr of Robert Simon Newey.
This folder contains two copies of the 2010-2017 Bargaining Agreement.
This folder contains photographs of Lord and Taylor executives and employees, including Margaret McKinnon and President Jane T Elfers.
This folder contains copies of partnership and loan agreements from 1879, correspondence pertaining to the 1926 Centennial and a list of supporting banks dating back to 1914 (list created in 1926).
This series is comprised of four folders containing cassette tapes, VHS, and CD-Rs of various fashion shows, some of which are narrated or styled by Robert Bryan.
This collection is comprised of photographs and contact sheets of designer Reem Acra and her studio.
Acra, ReemThis folder contains event notices for an employee flea market, legal counseling sessions, the schedule for the employee fitness program, two copies of the Healthy Exchange newsletter dated Spring 2009, two copies of the Stipulation Agreement dated January 21, 2009, two copies of a contract update memo, a memo and petition pertaining to UCE elections and a memo detailing changes to Transitchek Commuter benefits.