The collection includes Claire McCardell's sketches and illustrations as a student, as well as sketches, newspaper and magazines clippings, correspondence, advertisements, invitations to fashion-related events and original photographs from her career as a fashion designer.
McCardell, Claire, 1905-1958This collection contains fashion sketches (originals and digital facsimiles), fashion photographs, and press/promotional materials documenting the career of Stephen Burrows in the fashion industry from 1969-2012. There is a gap of press materials from 1990-2000 when he left Henri Bendel to open his own business on seventh avenue. His fragrance named, Stephen B., is briefly documented in photographs, press, and a silver wave necklace solid perfume. Ephemeral materials such as personal photographs and an E.R.A ribbon are also a part of the collection.
Burrows, Stephen, 1943-This collection holds mostly advertisements and newspaper clippings, along with photographs relating to the work of fashion designer Lee Evans.
Evans, LeeThis folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1939 and 1940. Some photographs include typed descriptions attached and handwritten notes on the reverse side.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1944. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side. Also, included are magazine and newspaper clippings.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1945. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1951. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side. Also, included are descriptive reports for press releases.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1962. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side. Also, included are descriptive reports for press releases.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1964. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side. Also, included are descriptive reports for press releases and a newspaper press release.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1967. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side. Also, included are descriptive reports for press releases.
This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from the 1960s. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side.
This folder contains a scrapbook that includes magazine press releases that date from 1941-1965. Also, included is a black and white photograph depicting a clothed woman wearing a Victor hat.
This folder contains short leather glove samples, some with details which include crochet or contrasting color stitches and a few non-leather samples.
This folder contains mid-length leather glove samples in several colors which include white, tan, black, etc. Also included is one evening glove that extends past the elbow in white.
This sub-series consist of actual glove samples, they are separated in to folders by length. Examples of original glove packaging are included with some pairs.
This folder contains long leather glove samples. Examples of original glove packaging are included with some pairs.
This series consist of original glove design specs and detail sketches.
This series consist of Barbara Kling publicity materials and misc. correspondences.
This folder includes press releases from Barbara Kling Publicity and several misc. thank you correspondences.
This collection is comprised of 18 folders containing designer sketches, large fabric swatches many of which include embellishment, and press materials.
Margé, Madame, 1878-1950This collection, dated 1932-1979, is comprised of 10 folders of press clippings, high-quality photographs, and correspondence relating to New York milliner Robert Dudley's hat collections, as well as 2 scrapbooks containing press, correspendence and photographs related to Robert Dudley.
Dudley, RobertThis collection consists of illustrations, photographs, print materials, awards, and other ephemera relating to the career of American fashion illustrator Jane Bixby Weller.
Bixby Weller, JaneThis folder contains sketches of pencil, wash and pen designs for girl's clothing. Also included is a handwritten note.
This folder contains sketches of pencil, wash and pen designs for girl's clothing, some with swatches.
This folder contains sketches of pencil and wash designs for children's clothing. Also, included are promotional materials and magazine and newspaper clippings.
The Frances Neady collection of Original Fashion Illustrations was established in 1984 to honor its namesake, an inspirational teacher of fashion illustration. The collection encompasses over a century of fashion art. Its earliest example, a watercolor by Pierre Brissaud for Gazette du Bon Ton, is dated 1913; its most recent donation is by contemporary artist Ruben Toledo. Among other stars represented in the collection are Eric (Carl Erickson), René Bouché, Dorothy Hood, George Stavrinos, and Antonio (Lopez). Donations to the collection come from artists, collectors, and industry professionals. The donated works fulfill criteria established by the Neady Collection Advisory Board, which acknowledges artists who exhibit high standards of draftsmanship and esthetic quality, demonstrate an individual approach, possess technical virtuosity, have worked for high-end magazines, stores or corporations, and have earned the admiration of their peers. The Frances Neady collection’s mission is to encourage and facilitate research by students and industry professionals in the art of fashion illustration. The collection presents a graphic record of the art’s evolution since the 1910s. In addition, it provides a vivid cultural and visual reflection of its time.
Neady Collection Advisory BoardThis collections contain Coty Award programs for 1976-1978 and 1980-1984 and Coty Award press clippings from 1975-1980, 1982 and 1985. Two award show tickets are also included one undated, the other from 1982.
Coty (Firm)This folder contains 18 fashion illustrations produced by Reynaldo Luza that consists of garments and accessories: (hats, gloves, belts, umbrellas and shoes) Some illustrations are labeled Bergdorf Goodman on the back.
Harper's BazaarThe Bergdorf Goodman Custom Salon sketches collection contains 8,976 pencil, ink, and watercolor sketches by staff artists representing clothing and millinery available in Bergdorf's custom salon. These garments were made to order either from designs purchased by special arrangement from the leading coutouriers of the day or from sketches by Bergdorf's then well known in-house designers. Representative designers include Dior, Balenciaga, Halson and Courreges. House designers include Leslie Morris, Mary Gleason, and Bernard Newman. There is a complete run from 1950 to 1969. In addition, there is a representative sampling of sketches from the 1930s and 40s.
In addition to the sketches, the collection contains preliminary manuscripts and galley proofs of Booton Herndon's book Bergdorf's on the Plaza (NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956) as well as typescripts of his interviews with and about members of the Goodman family and with and about such key members of the staff as Ethel Frankau, Odna Brandeis, and house designers Bernard Newman, Leslie Morris, and Mary Gleason.
The last series contains the original finding aid for the collection.
This collection contains promotional materials, photographs, stationary and a fashion show program pertaining to the Traphagen School of Fashion.
Traphagen School of FashionBi-fold program for a Revlon Symposium title The Future of Beauty which was held in New York City on April 6, 1989. Speakers included Nancy Friday, Lionel Tiger, Georgia Witkin, Molly Haskell and Warren Farrell. Also included is a letter from Nancy Friday addressed to the donor David Katzive.
2023 accumulation: three betacam video cassettes with footage of the event and a variety of people, including Joan Rivers, Norman Lear, Gay Talese and others, talking about women in the beauty industry.
Revlon, Inc.The Museum at FIT records are arranged into six (6) series; they are Administrative records, Exhibition records, Promotional material, Symposia records, Correspondence, and Fashion Culture records.
The Integrated Service-Learning Project is an extension of the Interior Design Relief Project which was founded in 2013. It aims to integrate the efforts of like-minded interior designers, architects, and contractors who believe that the design of the physical environment matters, shapes lives, and can empower people. Documents relate to projects conducted with FIT Interior Design students and various New York and New Jersey area organizations including the Bowery Mission Women’s Center in the renovation of their laundry room, the Community of Friends in Action of Leonia, NJ, the Leonia Presbyterian Church, and Hug-it-Forward, to build a “bottle school” in Guatemala, presented proposals for the renovation of the communal kitchen at Hephzibah House in New York City and Living Waters Community Center in Brooklyn, Restore NYC during the Spring semester and moving on to summer with The Bowery Mission Men's Center and St. Paul's House and more. These projects became part of the curriculum and the content is now taught in the 6th semester in liaison with New York Cares
Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2014 Symposium "Modes of Modernity The Ephemeral & the Eternal in 20th Century Fashion." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Jasmine Helm, "Abstract Becoming Modern: The Directoire Revival Style;" Diana Dalmas, "Period Films and the Decline of the Modern 1930-1953;" Danielle Morrin, "Clara Bow: The Rise and Fall of the Fashionable Flapper;" Tae In Ahn, "All that Glitters is not Gold: Shine in Modern Fashion;" Vanessa Garver, "Clothed in the Cosmos: Astronomy in Fashion and Textile Design, 1920-1945."
Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2017 Symposium "Dressing New York" on Saturday, May 13, 2017. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Lucy Carey "The Great Divide of 1960: Norman Norell's Coulotte" ; Sarah Jean Culbreth "'Who Are the Mystery Girls?': Deconstructing the New York Doll's Image ; Loggans "Fantaies of Opulence: Racial Dynamics of Drag Balls in New York City, 1890-1969" ; Daniel Gustina "Depression Era New York: Dress & Photographs of Fashionable Society" .
This collection is comprised of oral history interviews with prominent twentieth- and twenty-first-century fashion industry businesspeople, designers, and artists, as well as members of the FIT faculty and staff.
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Gladys Marcus LibraryArthur 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.
Jablow, ArthurStan 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.
Herman, StanThe 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.
Vertical Files unitPhotocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the apparel industry in New York City, NY, including articles from Crain's New York Business.
Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning retail business, urban renewal, and neighborhoods in the Bronx, including articles from Crain's New York Business and The New York Times. Folder also contains three booklets from the City of New York's Department of City Planning concerning neighborhoods and revitalization in the Bronx.
Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning retail business and urban planning in Manhattan, from 42nd Street to 96th Street and from 5th Avenue to the Hudson River. Folder includes articles from Crain's New York Business as well as two booklets from the New York Department of City Planning.
This folder contains periodical articles and interviews featuring Ethan Minsker and his work.
This folder contains hand drawings, modified photographs, and small sculpture artworks created by Ethan Minsker.
This folder contains one clipping from the March 6, 1968 New York Times.
This folder contains 3 black and white 8x10 images and 3 negatives of handbag designs from Koret's Fall/Winter 1962 collection.
This folder contains a clipping from the September 26, 1971 New York Times featuring an article about Originala, Inc. and the changes that have been made in the 10 years since it went public.
This series contains press materials, photographs, correspondance and miscellaneous ephemera related to the American Fashion Critics Awards sponsored by Coty, Inc.
Lambert, EleanorThis folder contains press releases on the history of COTY, general correspondence and biographies of COTY executives and employees, some with head shots of the individual.
This folder contains press clippings, list of award winners, press releases, 8x10" black and white press photos some with press releases attached for Mainbocher, Oscar de la Renta, Geoffrey Beene, Christian Dior NY, Rudi Gernreich, Kasper for J.L. Sport, Bonnie Cashin, Pierre Cardin and portraits of Mainbocher and Bonnie Cashin. One black and white photo of Salvador Dali and his wife with Cecil Beaton at a gallery opening of his work.
This folder contains 8x10" headshots and designer biographies for Gilbert Adrian, Tina Leser, and Emily Wilkens. One 8x10" black and white studio photo of an day suit by Hattie Carnegie.
This folder contains press releases for the 1946 COTY award winners: Clare Potter, Oman Kam of Ben Reig, Vincent Monte-Sano, Carolyn Schnurer, Wallace Mackey Morris Wolock, Helen Morgan, Nina Wolf, Ceil Chapman, and Brooke Cadwaller.
This folder contains a biography of Sydney Wragge, biographies with 8x10" black and white portraits of Ben Zuckerman and Karen Stark for Harvey Berin as well as 8x10" black and white portraits, with press releases attached, of Luis Estevez and Ben Sommers of Capezio.
This folder contains press releases, awards show programs, and one 8x10" black and white photograph of a Hattie Carnegie suit.
This folder contains biographies of James Galanos, Charles James, press releases, 8x10" black and white photos of Galanos and Charles James for Dressmaker Casual ensembles with press releases attached, press clippings, 8x10" black and white portraits of Charles James with press releases attached.
This folder contains a biography of Leslie Morris, Sydney Wragge, Emeric Imre Partos, an 8x10" black and white portrait of Partos and a selection of 8x10" negatives of furs by Partos and ensembles by Wragge and Morris.
This folder contains biographies for Ben Zuckerman, Claire McCardell, Scaasi, Jean Schlumberger, 8x10" black and white portraits, with press releases attached, of Ben Zuckerman, Scaasi, Donald Brooks, Jean Schlumberger, an 8x10" black and white photo of Zuckerman receiving an award, 8x10" studio photos of ensembles by Ben Zuckerman, Scaasi, Donald Brooks, and jewelry by Jean Sclumberger of Tiffany,
This folder contains award programs, press releases, speech transcripts, correspondence, lists of models' shoe sizes, list of invitees, budgets, and press clippings.
This folder contains press releases, 8x10" black and white portraits, with press releases attached, of Pauline Trigere, biographies of Pauline Trigere and James Galanos, a 8x10" black and white photo of Pauline Trigere accepting an award, 8x10" black and white photographs, with press releases attached, of ensembles by Trigere and Galanos.
This folder contains award programs, invitations,, press clippings, press releases, and 8x10" black and white photos of the awards show.