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Elaine Stone interview, 1995 March 1
Elaine Stone interview, 1995 March 1
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.28 · Unità documentaria · 1995 March 1
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Elaine Stone, a professor in the Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM) at the time of this interview, also served as the coordinator of the Small Business Center and the director of the Center for Global Enterprise. She talks about her first encounters with FIT students while working at various department stores during the holiday season and her invitation to speak at the school. She was immediately taken with FIT and began teaching in 1975 after meeting Newt Godnick of the FBM department while they were buying for major department stores. She discusses the challenges of teaching and describes the close-knit nature of faculty/student relationships at FIT. She worked closely with the Taiwan Textile Federation while at FIT; and her deep international experience led her to help found FIT-affiliated programs such as the National Institute for Fashion Technology in India, Caricom in the Caribbean, Polimoda in Italy, and Shenkar College in Israel. She discusses the founding of the Small Business Center thanks to a faculty retreat put on by Marvin Feldman. With the support of Jeannette Jarnow, the FBM did a survey of alumni and found that 85% owned their own businesses, meaning there was a large gap in the department’s curriculum. What began with a class in business management became a huge cross-department program with federal grants supporting initiatives such as the Women Business Owner’s Association and the Export Assistance Service Extension. Stone describes how the center has also allowed for students to attain international internship experience and discusses linkages with national economic development associations. Stone penned three books during her time at FIT: Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Buying, and Exporting and Importing Fashion. She says a little more about her professional background and then finishes the interview with a ringing endorsement of FIT and her hopes for its future.

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Richard Streiter interview, 1995 May 9
Richard Streiter interview, 1995 May 9
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.29 · Unità documentaria · 1995 May 9
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Richard Streiter wore many hats at FIT, but at the time of this interview he was the executive director of the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries. Streiter joined FIT from Pratt Institute as Dean of Students in 1973. He discusses his recruitment by Marvin Feldman and his immediate push for the creation of a comprehensive primary care health service at the school. Streiter fondly remembers the raucous four-year stint of Mardi Gras costume balls held in concert with other art schools as well as FIT’s own talent show. He performed a surprising jazz trumpet set his first year and ended up in the 1976 yearbook for “streaking” at that year’s show. Streiter explains the legislative struggles involved in getting the upper divisions established and commends Feldman for championing FIT’s two-year program. He then talks about how the globalization of the fashion industry is reflected in FIT’s vibrant student body. Streiter discusses the development of Polimoda in Italy and his own move to New Delhi to help establish the National Institute of Fashion Technology. It was a struggle, but Streiter had support from an advisory group in New York and fought for the school’s survival. Upon his return, Streiter held a series of leadership roles at FIT and ultimately became acting director of both the Educational Foundation and the Shirley Goodman Resource Center. He mentions early FIT exhibitions such as the retrospective on Charles James. He then discusses the structure and evolution of the Educational Foundation. Streiter ends the interview with a depiction of an FIT tour through China which he led.

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Fragrance Foundation oral history series, 1993 and 1996
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.6 · sub-sub-sub-series · 1993
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Interviews conducted by Estelle Ellis in 1993 on the occasion of the 1993 awards dinner in honor of Annette Green and the Fragrance Foundation, benefitting the educational foundation for the fashion industries. Interviews were conducted with key individuals involved in the fragrance industry including Annette Green (President, Fragrance Foundation), James Preston (Chairman, Avon Products), Lawrence Aiken (President and CEO, Sanofi Beaute), Dr. Fernando Aleu (President, Compar), Eugene Grisanti (Chairman, President and CEO, International Flavors & Fragrances), Jeanette Wagner (President, Estee Lauder), Burton Tansky, (Chairman, Bergdorf Goodman), Rosemarie Bravo (President, Saks Fifth Avenue).
Transcript from Burton Tansky, September 20, 1993
Transcript from Burton Tansky, September 20, 1993
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.6.8 · Unità documentaria · 1993 September 20
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Writing by Tansky Burton, Chairman of Bergdorf Goodman, about Annette Green and her work with the Fragrance Foundation. He discusses the growth of the fragrance industry because of Green and her work with the Fragrance Foundation.

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Annette Green interview, 1996 March 12
Annette Green interview, 1996 March 12
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.6.9 · Unità documentaria · 1996 March 12
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This interview discusses Annette Green's contributions to The Fragrance Foundation. It begins with a discussion on the history of the company, Green's initial introduction and eventual rehabilitation of the foundation, and it's current position in the industry. Green discusses her involvement with starting the Cosmetic and Fragrance Program at FIT.

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Arthur Jablow interview, 1982 May 14
Arthur Jablow interview, 1982 May 14
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.8.2 · Unità documentaria · 1982 May 14
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Arthur Jablow reflecting on his father-in-law, Maurice Rentner. There is a most interesting section in the Oral Memoirs of Maurice Rentner, (his father-in-law) which provides considerable insight into other facets of the ready-to-wear business.

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Jay Rossbach interview, 1990 February 20
Jay Rossbach interview, 1990 February 20
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.9.2 · Unità documentaria · 1990 February 20
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Estelle Ellis interviews Saks Fifth Avenue's former Senior Vice President Jay H. Rossbach, Jr. about his time at Saks Fifth Avenue, including the goals of Adam Long Gimbel for the department store as well as the names of those who worked for Saks at the time.

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FIT Talks oral history series, 2014-
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10 · sub-sub-sub-series · 2014-
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FIT Talks is an oral history program of the Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of New York. It documents personal accounts and experiences of people relevant to the College and to the industries that support - and are supported by - the College’s curricula. The program incorporates the most suitable technologies for the capture and provision of content and, with the guidance of an advisory board, the strategic addition of new subjects to the collection. The collection is administered by the Special Collections and College Archives, a unit of the Gladys Marcus Library.
Stan Herman interview, 2017 June 20
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.11 · Unità documentaria · 2017 June 20
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Stan Herman discusses his career as a fashion designer starting in the mid century and continuing into the 2010s with a successful design business for QVC.

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Interview of Lawrence Abrams about his mother Miriam Abrams, 2018 January 9
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.13 · Unità documentaria · 2018 January 9
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Lawrence Abrams met with April Calahan of FIT Special Collections on January 9, 2018 to discuss his mother Miriam Abrams' career in fashion. Ms. Abrams grew up in the industry; her family owned and operated a girls coat manufacturing business, but lost it during the depression. To bring in extra money to help her family, Abrams found a position sketching designs for Billy Gordon, an American couturier. After leaving Billy Gordon, Abrams worked for other influential American designers, such as Hattie Carnegie and Adele Simpson. Lawrence Abrams imparts that even though his mother’s designs were big sellers, she was relatively unknown because before the 1970s, designers rarely had their name on the label; most often it was the manufacturer/owner of the business’s name inside the garments. Miriam Abrams was particularly successful designing for the half size market (garments for a “mature” figure). Later in the interview, Lawrence Abrams reveals that he too is a designer, starting out designing jewelry before moving into fashion. His jewelry was sold at major department stores, including Macy’s, Altmans, and Lord and Taylor. After leaving the jewelry/accessory business to take care of his mother in her old age until her death in 1993, Lawrence joined an Italian fashion house and worked with them creating one-off garments.

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Linda Tain interview, 2019 April 24
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.24 · Unità documentaria · 2019 April 24
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Alex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Linda Tain, a long-time professor in FIT's department of Fashion Design. Linda Tain talks first about her childhood, and how her life led towards the fashion industry and FIT. Tain reminisces about some of the students she studied with in the 1950s at FIT, including Antonio Lopez, Randy Fenoli, and others who have influenced her throughout her life, as well as the different teaching techniques from then to now. She then recounts her first jobs as an illustrator at Ingenue Magazine, Glamour, and Macy's with Esther Larson, and continues to talk about the development of her career as a fashion illustrator throughout the 1960s and 1970s. She then talks about her becoming a full-time professor at FIT in 1983, how Lou Stollar convinced her to become involved in the union, and how her time as the union's Grievance Officer was very active in the 2000s. She also goes into detail about the uniqueness of FIT's union contract initially created by Lou Stollar and Marvin Feldman. She speaks a bit about her book Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers, and then delves into how FIT and the fashion industry have changed from 1963 to 2019.

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Michael Stanley interview, 2019 June 26
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.26 · Unità documentaria · 2019 June 26
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Phyllis Dillon interviews Michael Stanley about the history of Rosenthal & Rosenthal, a commercial financing company that has supported the fashion industry since 1938, where he works as Director of Factoring. He goes on to describe their current work. They discuss how the service of factoring is used in the fashion industry, and how the business of fashion has changed over time. Mr. Stanley also discusses how he got into the business, and his subsequent enjoyment of his work. He finally discusses his long time involvement with the FIT Foundation Board.

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Joyce F. Brown interview, 2019 July 17
Joyce F. Brown interview, 2019 July 17
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.27 · Unità documentaria · 2019 July 17
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President of FIT, Dr. Joyce F. Brown is interviewed by Karen Trivette on July 17th, 2019. They discuss Dr. Brown’s upbringing and how her past senior-level positions at the City University of New York prepared her for her role as President of FIT. She continues to discuss the difference between running a college community from running a corporation, and how she has placed four strategic planning initiatives in order to provide for the whole of the school.

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Steven Stipelman interview, 2022 May 31
Steven Stipelman interview, 2022 May 31
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.38 · Unità documentaria · 2022 May 31
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In this interview, Karen Trivette interviews fashion illustrator Steven Stipelman about his career as a fashion illustrator and his work at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

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Norman Goodman interview, 1985 February 8
Norman Goodman interview, 1985 February 8
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.3 · Unità documentaria · 1985 February 8
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This interview is with Norman Goodman, son of one of the original Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) founders, Abe Goodman. Norman discusses his father’s emigration from Romania and subsequent start in the garment business at age 11. Abe’s ascension in the garment business was swift, and he established A. Goodman Company in 1932. Norman describes the company’s set-up, and his father’s decision to largely employ fellow immigrants. In the 1940s, Abe introduced his son to Dr. Mortimer Ritter. Norman explains his own decision to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) in order to manage his father’s business. He describes his time at school and the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)’s efforts to make a name for itself via a trade show set up by Arthur Tarsius. Norman graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) in 1948, but eventually chose to move into real estate. By the 1960s, Abe Goodman had liquidated his garment manufacturing business but continued working with others in the industry such as Mollie Parnis.
Dean Marion Brandriss interview, 1984 December 19
Dean Marion Brandriss interview, 1984 December 19
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.5 · Unità documentaria · 1984 December 19
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This is an interview with Dean Marion Brandriss, who retired from the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) in 1973. Brandriss explains her work as an English teacher and how she came to work at the City High School of Needle Trades where she met Mortimer Ritter. Brandriss explains how Ritter hand-picked his favorite instructors to help him build what would become the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). She discusses touring high schools in the spring of 1944 to recruit students for the inaugural class, and offering incentives such as a weekly scholarship to all prospective students. Brandiss started at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) as the Director of Admissions, but elucidates the vast scope of work she and the small team were expected to take on. Brandriss describes the student body demographics, transitioning settings, and evolving admissions policies of the Institute as it continued to grow. Brandriss then explains how departments were added and goes into depth on the particular success of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)?s Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department. Brandriss ends the interview with a recollection of Mortimer Ritter?s insistence on the Institute?s name, saying that he wanted it to resemble that of M.I.T. in sound and flavor.
Eleanor Fried interview, 1984 November 29
Eleanor Fried interview, 1984 November 29
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.6 · Unità documentaria · 1984 November 29
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Eleanor Fried, the first head of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)’s placement office, discusses her upbringing and the circumstances that led her to the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) in 1947, shortly after its founding. She describes the early academic departments at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) and its demographics. Fried then details the institute’s successful management program and how the placement office went about developing close relationships with department stores and other employers in the Industry. Fried emphasizes the vocational maturity of many of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)’s two-year graduates, but explains that some students chose to go on to four-year degrees elsewhere. While the placement department was extremely successful in placing most students, it was severely understaffed; so Fried often ended up employing students to help with outreach. She explains how she stayed in contact with alumni and asked for their ongoing input regarding the school’s curriculum. Fried then describes the positive changes brought about by affirmative action, especially in regards to staffing her office. She finishes the interview by describing a book she published following her retirement as well as two she wrote while at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.) including, “Is The Fashion Business Your Business?”
Soul Club oral history project, 2022-2023
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.14 · sub-sub-sub-series · 2022-2023
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The Soul Club Oral History Project is an initiative of the FIT Library, inspired by the Soul Club fashion shows’ exuberance, positivity, dynamism, and joy. For this oral history project, FIT alumni and faculty members are interviewed about their participation and experience in the Soul Club. The goal of this project is to explore FIT’s rich and diverse history and uplift, amplify, and publicly share the stories of Black fashion students and faculty members as told by the community members themselves.

Taur Orange, interviewer, is the head of Educational Opportunity Programs at FIT.

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FIT Library Marketing Files, 1949-1995
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1 · sub-sub-series · 1949-1995
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The Marketing Files were a unique research collection created and originally kept in the library's former Vertical Files unit. They were popular resources for researchers before the internet dominated such searches. The files were largely composed of thousands of articles related to the business and marketing side of the fashion industry that were clipped, photocopied, pasted, or laminated by the Vertical Files staff. They also included promotional and informational materials such as pamphlets, booklets, press kits, annual reports, financial reports, industry studies, and catalogs. These collected materials are grouped chronologically within each folder, and the folders are arranged alphabetically by company within each alphabetical topic. These topics include the apparel industry, cosmetics and toiletries, furs, leather, licensing, and retail stores. The dates of these collected materials range from 1949 to 1995. (The Vertical Files unit was closed in January, 1996.) Upon introduction to the College Archives these folders filled 131 archival boxes, but those have been weeded for online redundancy and condition. The remaining hard-to-find materials are now housed in 44 boxes containing 201 folders. These files might appeal to students of Fashion Business Management, Global Fashion Management, and International Trade and Marketing for the Fashion Industries who are researching the history of various aspects of the industry.

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Apparel Industry - Labor I, 1972-1981
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.1 · folder · 1972-1981
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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning labor issues within the apparel industry, including articles from Barron's and California Apparel News.
Apparel Industry - Labor II, 1981-1994
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.2 · folder · 1981-1994
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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning labor issues within the apparel industry, including articles from California Apparel News and Daily News.
Apparel Industry - Frederick Atkins, 1977-1986
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.25 · folder · 1977-1986
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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the apparel firm Frederick Atkins, Inc., including articles from Retail Week, Women's Wear Daily and a company statement of purpose.
Cosmetics & Toiletries - Chanel, 1977-1993
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.54 · folder · 1977-1993
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Promotional materials concerning cosmetics and toiletries produced by Chanel, Inc., as well as four photocopied articles concerning Chanel, pasted and laminated, primarily from Product Marketing.
Cosmetics & Toiletries - Mary Kay, 1973-1988
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.65 · folder · 1973-1988
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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles and excerpts from business texts concerning Mary Kay Cosmetics, including articles from Forbes and The Wall Street Journal. Folder also contains promotional and industry materials produced by Mary Kay, including memoranda, an annual report, and a "beauty consultant agreement" form.
Cosmetics & Toiletries - Revlon I, 1975-1986
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.74 · folder · 1975-1986
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Photocopied, pasted and laminated articles concerning Revlon, including articles from Advertising Age and Cosmetic World News. Folder also contains a business research report by First Boston Corporation and a Revlon press release, as well as a 1986 Beauty Fashion article about five FIT students awarded for their entries in Revlon's "The Ultimate Idea" contest.
Furs II, 1984-1991
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.81 · folder · 1984-1991
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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the fur industry and fur trade, including articles from Fur Age Weekly.
Furs - Trade Associations, 1984-1988
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.86 · folder · 1984-1988
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Two photocopied and pasted articles concerning the fur trade, as well as promotional and informational materials published by the American Legend Cooperative of mink fur farmers.
Leather II, 1980-1991
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.90 · folder · 1980-1991
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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the leather industry and trade, especially from Footwear News. Folder also contains two booklets of annual U.S. Leather Industries Statistics as well as two examples of the Leather Apparel Association's guidelines for manufacture and care.
Leather - Processing, 1937-1984
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.91 · folder · 1937-1979
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Collected, photocopied, and pasted articles concerning the leather industry and leather processing, including bulletins from the National Institute of Drycleaning and the International Fabricare Institute. Folder also contains several leather industry pamphlets and booklets.
Made In America Campaign, 1981-1992
US NNFIT SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.97 · folder · 1981-1992
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Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the "Made In America" campaign to support domestic textiles and apparel, including articles from California Apparel News. Folder also contains two folders of promotional materials from the Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. Council.