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This collection is comprised of original sketches and photographs, business and promotional materials, and materials related to the fashion career of George Simonton as well as his work at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

3 folders of Ramona Ramos' school work when she was a student at FIT. Includes sketches, examples of sewing, biographies of designers, paper patterns, report on millinery history, machine skills course work, and collages.

This interview opens with Mollie Parnis talking about her latest project, a prize for three young journalists that she began in memory of her son. She then segues into the origins of her company and her early biography. She commenced her career by designing blouses after being frustrated at the quality of the designs while working in a design showroom on Madison Avenue. The Parnis-Livingston company began in a studio Seventh Avenue about five-years after Mollie Parnis and Leon Livingston married in 1930, with Mollie designing and Leon managing the business needs. After her husband died in 1960 she closed the business for three-months. Diana Vreeland convinced Mollie to stay open by putting two of her sketches in Harper’s Bazaar. The name of the business remained Parnis-Livingston until 1970 when it changed to Mollie Parnis. She now has three divisions: Mollie Parnis, Inc.; Mollie Parnis Studio; and Mollie Parnis at Home. Upon success, she began doing philanthropic work, including a grant foundation called “Mollie Parnis Dress up Your Neighborhood”; scholarships at FIT and Parsons; and the aforementioned journalistic prizes. Topics touched on include: the impersonalization of the current fashion industry; her friendship with various First Ladies, including Mamie Eisenhower, Lady Bird Johnson, and Nancy Reagan; how the changes in the industry have necessitated changes in her business-model, including the prevalence of licensing from designers in the 1980s.

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.

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.

Photographs of professors and students desiging clothes, working on dress forms, doing research in museums, working in the design room, learning draping, making children's clothing, working from patterns, and sketching designs.

This collection is comprised of materials pertraining to Norman Norell millinery designs. It contains handwritten notes that describe Halston hats. Also included are thirty-one photos of Halston hats and pen sketches of design details of hats from Spring 1965.

This collection is contains 262 original fashion sketches by John Derro.

This collection contains sketches, photographs and scrapbooks pertaining to the career of fashion designer Joseph Whitehead.

This collection is comprised of 27 original womenswear sketches by former FIT professor Ted Roberts.

This collection is comprised of 19 folders containing sketches of womenswear by Martin Unger. Some of the sketches have fabric samples attached. There are several photocopied versions of the sketches. Multiple folders within the collection features sketches of designs by other designers. Included within the collection are press materials and a brief article about Martin Unger.

This collection is comprised of press clippings, photographs, correspondence, and other materials relating to the designs of Madame Eta Hentz for "Ren-Eta" and "Eta."

This collections is comprised of seventeen (17) 18x16" black and white framed photographs by Bill Cunninham taken at the Grand Divertissement à Versailles in 1973. Persons featured in photographs include Marisa Berenson, Karen Bjornson, Alva Chinn, Dennis Christopher, Pat Cleveland, Bill Dugan, Heidi Lieberfarb, China Machado, Nancy North, Chris Royer, Ramona Saunders, and Andy Warhol. Also included in the collection are twenty-five (25) 17 x 11" original marker sketches by Halston and a program for the Grand Divertissement à Versailles.

This collection contains four folders of fashion sketches accumulated as part of subscription services.

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 1941. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side.

This folder contains a black and white photograph depicting a clothed women wearing a Victor hats from 1940. The photograph includes a typed description attached.

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 black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats for film costumes. Some photographs include typed descriptions attached and have handwritten notes on the reverse side. Also, included is a cardboard with handwritten notes.

This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats. 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, girls and a mannequin head wearing Victor hats. 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 the 1960s. 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 the 1960s. 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 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 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 1966. 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 1965. 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 the 1940s. 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 1963. 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 1961. 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 1961. 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 1960. 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 1950s. 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 1938. 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 the 1940s. 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 1959. 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 1959. The hat designs are inspired by Russian culture. 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 1958. 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 1957. 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 1956. 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 magazine press release.

This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1955. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side. Also, included are exhibition photographs of Victor designs and descriptive reports for press releases.

This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1954. 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 1953. 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 2 black and white photographs. One depicts First Lady Mamie Eisenhower wearing a Victor Airwaves hat for the Presidential inauguration and the other photograph depicts a clothed woman wearing the same hat. The latter included a typed description.

This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women and mannequin heads wearing Victor hats from 1937. Some photographs include typed descriptions attached.

This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1952. 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 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 1950. 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 and mannequin heads wearing Victor hats from the 1940s. Most photographs include typed descriptions attached and some have handwritten notes on the reverse side.