This collection contains catalogs and almanacs produced by the Parisian department store Le Bon Marché.
Sans titreThis collection is comprised of original fashion illustrations and other related materials documenting the work of illustrator Anneliese Kapp.
Sans titreThis collection contains training materials for Bloomingdales used by Nicole Emmerich Teweles as well as drafts and final copies of the Tobé Report, where Teweles was a Junior Editor.
Sans titreThis collection is comprised of 32 folders containing the archives of the Ford Models, Inc. There are press clippings from 1936-2012, correspondence, public relations, Eileen Ford's speeches and book manuscripts, the Ford Book look books, as well personal information. Additionally there is more detailed information about Ford Models, Vendela, and Ted Dawson.
Sans titreThis collection is comprised of the papers and records of renowned publicist Eleanor Lambert.
Sans titreThis collection contains a diverse assortment of business and personal items pertaining to French-born fashion designer Pauline Trigère dating to 1939 - 2008 and encompassing the period of her New York fashion career, retirement and after her death in 2002. It includes fashion and personal photographs, marketing materials, tear sheets, correspondence, scrapbooks, original illustrations, packaging, (including hang tags and labels), two hand-drafted paper patterns, and philanthropic records, (including records of her involvement with the Fashion Institute of Technology). In addition to paper items, the collection includes her awards, various types of media such as slides, slide carousels and videocassettes, as well as fragrance bottles and packaging for her perfume Liquid Chic, Trigère brand hosiery in original packaging, three pairs of Beth Levine shoes, two suitcases, and a rustic La Tortue house-sign.
Sans titreThis 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.
Sans titreThis collection is comprised of photographs and contact sheets of designer Reem Acra and her studio.
Sans titre38 hand-colored carte de visite photographs of individuals and groups wearing European national dress.
Sans titreThis series contains the files Lambert kept on designers, both client and non-client.
Sans titreThis 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.
Sans titreThis collection contains contact sheets and photographic negatives of designs by Jo Copeland, Larry Aldrich, Hannah Troy, Havey Berin, Mignon and J.H. Bridals.
Sans titreA collection of photographs documenting the Fashion Institute of Technology from its founding to the late 1980s.
Sans titreThis collection is comprised of 1 color card and 12 books of No Mend Hosiery Inc.'s historical forecasts from Fall/Winter 1932/1933-Spring/Summer 1941. Includes cloth color samples, swatches, themes, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titreThis folder contains a column on handbags and a color photo of Kelly bags by Hermès and black and white photocopies of photos of handbags by Mark Cross, Coach, Judith Leiber and Azzedine Alaia for Louis Vuitton.
The 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.
Ellen Goldstein, the Chair of the Accessories Design and Millinery Department, started with FIT’s Fashion Design Department as a part-time instructor. In 1981, the school received a federal grant for industries affected by imports and was able to start an accessories department. With additional support from the industry, the department has taken off. Goldstein explains her beginnings as a tapestry weaver and how she got into handbag design. She then describes the demographics of her department’s diverse student body. She discusses how both the 1-year and 2-year program are feeding the accessories industry and how FIT’s millinery program has revitalized an industry thought to be dead.
Sans titreThis collection includes the records for the annual day long Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice Symposium. Each year a theme is selected and the graduate students present papers relating to the theme. Included are students papers, print version of their presentations, advertising materials for the symposium, and schedule of events. Further accruals are expected.
Sans titreIncludes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2016 Symposium The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Elisa Koizumi "Imagining a Revolution: a case study, The Black Panthers" ; Taylor Elyse Anderson "Tragedy, Sensationalism, and Cloth: A Theoretical Look at Jacqueline Kennedy's Pink Suit" ; Ilene Hacker "Jacques Estrel's 1971 Collection and the Gender Crisis of the 1970s" ; Doris Domoszlai-Lantner "Constructing A Soviet Narrative: Jean Paul Gaultier's Russian Constructivist Collection, 1986" ; Naomi Sosnovsky "I Gave Gold for Iron: Theme of Patriotism in Berlin Ironwork Jewelry" .
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 is comprised of fashion sketches for womenswear.
Sans titreThis collection of 32 bound volumes of fashion sketches from the London dress firm Whittingham and Humphrey, later Humphrey. The sketches are in pencil and/or ink. Some sketches have suggested materials and colors noted.
Sans titreThis collection is comprised of 25 paper catalogs for the fashion brand Esprit, 1979-1990
Sans titreThis collection contains printed Comme des garçons promotion materials dating to circa 1999-2012.
Sans titreThis folder contains an invitation to a White House dinner, correspondence, a ballot for the 1988/89 Best Dressed List, press clippings, and an exhibition brochure for the exhibition Nightingales and Dragons: The Robes of China.
This 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.
Sans titreThis collection is comprised of 18 folders containing designer sketches, large fabric swatches many of which include embellishment, and press materials.
Sans titreThis collection consists of over 2500 sketches by designer Eric de Juan, from 1927 through 1989. The sketches include several done for Josephine Baker in 1949, as well as sketches from de Juan's two years spent as the in-house designer for the Bergdorf Goodman custom salon. Some sketches from the Bergdorf Goodman custom salon have swatches attached.
Sans titreThis collection contains four folders of fashion sketches accumulated as part of subscription services.
This folder contains a column on pearls and color and black and white photos of pearl jewelry by Harry Winston, Van Cleef and Arpels and Tiffany & Co.
This 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.
Sans titreThis 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 handwritten notes and a column on the Parsons fashion program and black and white reproductions of sketches by Parsons students, with press releases attached.
This collection is comprised of 5 folders containing tear sheets of Morton Kaish original illustrations, 1 folder containing Tod Draz original illustrations, 1 folder of containing photographs of Morton Kaish working in his studio, and media containing Morton Kaish illustrations.
Sans titreThis collection contains black and white press photographs and tear sheets dating from 1933-1976.
Sans titreThis 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 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 collection is comprised of four books of Alberto & Roy (Firm)'s historical forecasts for 1986/1987 Fall/Winter, 1997 Spring/Summer, 1998 Spring/Summer and 1998/1999 Fall/Winter. Includes cloth color samples, and fabric swatches for menswear and womenswear.
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1997 containing cloth color samples and fabric swatches for menswear
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1998 containing cloth color samples and fabrics for menswear
Sans titre1 book from Fall/Winter 1998/1999 containing cloth color samples and fabric swatches for menswear
Sans titre1 book from Fall/Winter 1986/1987 containing cloth color samples and fabric swatches for womenswear
Sans titre40 books from Spring 1960 through Spring 1975 containing fabric swatches, color, silhouettes, trends, and shoes for girls and boyswear
Sans titre1 book, undated, containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from Fall Winter 1938/1938 containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from Fall/Winter 1936/1937 containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from Fall/Winter 1932/1933 containing fabric swatches.
Sans titre1 book from [1937] containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from [1937/1938] containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1941 containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1940 containing color for hosiery.
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1940 containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 color card from Spring/Summer 1938 containing fabric swatches
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1936 containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1935 containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 book from Spring/Summer 1934 containing color, themes, fabric swatches, shoes, gloves and hosiery trends.
Sans titre1 folder containing a special January 1975 newsletter: Special January Newspaper Supplement to Yarn and Textile Firms: Color Indications for Spring 1975
Sans titre1 folder containing newsletters from January through October 1974 about fashion trends. Some include color or fabric swatches
Sans titre1 folder containing newsletters from January through December 1973 about fashion trends. Some include color or fabric swatches
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