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This folder contains a column on shoe designers Joan and David Helpern and black and white portraits of the Helperns and color photos of the Helperns' shoes and accessories and black and white photocopies of these photos.

This folder contains 3 illustrations of shoes by an unknown artist. A note suggests Dagmar Freuchen-Gale as a possible artist.

This folder contains a Joan Halpern and color photos of shoes by Joan and David and black and white photocopies of photos of shoes by Joan and David.

This folder contains a column on Joan and David shoes and black and white photos of ensembles and shoes by Joan and David.

This folder contains a column on minimalist styles and black and white photos of ensembles by , with press releases en version, of ensembles by Donna Karan, shoes by Joan and David, Joan Vass, and black and white photocopies of photos by Carolina Herrera.

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.

This folder contains a column on Joan Halpern and color and black and white photos of Joan and David Halpern and photos of ensembles and shoes by Joan and David and black and white photocopies of photos of ensembles and shoes by Joan and David and press materials.

This folder contains a column on shoes black and white and color photocopies of shoes by Sam & Libby and black and white photos of shoes by Yves Saint Laurent and Joan and David.

This folder contains 4 8x10 black and white photographs of designer shoes.

This folder contains a column on shoes and black and white photos of shoes by Yves Saint Laurent, Joan Halpern and black and white photocopies of photos of shoes by Joan and David.

This series consists of shoes, a wooden sign, and cardboard suitcases.

This folder contains 9 8x10 black and white photographs of shoes by Ferragamo and Christian Lacroix and photo negatives.

This folder contains a column on accessories and color photos of accessories by Paloma Picasso, Judith Leiber, Cartier and black and white photocopies of photos of wigs by Karl Lagerfeld and shoes by Joan & David.

This folder contains a column on shoes and black and white photos of shoes by Joan Halpern of Joan and David, Kenneth Cole, Yves Saint Laurent, and Roger Vivier.

This collection consists of sketches, shoe patterns, embellishments, photographs, promotional materials, scrapbooks, and metal stamps from women's footwear company Seymour Troy Originals. The majority of the collection is undated, although it is estimated that most of it is from the 1930s and 1940s. At least one piece of promotional material is from yrto, and there is a scrapbook cover stamped with yrto. Previous documentation of the collection noted that some sketches were by other designers for Seymour Troy, and specifically named Emery Blau, Al Lewis, and "Cohen." It appears that the collection was added to after Seymour Troy's death, as there are at least two sketches dated 1977.

Alex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine interviews Susan Rietman, a professor from FIT's Textile Service Design and Fabric Styling program. Susan recalls her childhood and how her life led to fashion, particularly how a serigraphy course led her into the field textiles. She talks about her mother's designer clothing collection that she has kept, and about her move to New York right after college in 1961. Her first job was with Leslie Tillet at "D.D. and Leslie Tillett" where she helped him design bathing suits, and custom fabric, including fabrics for the 1964 American Worlds Fair pavilions. She talks about her freelance work with Jack Lenor Larsen, and the shoe company she worked on with the Tillets called Shoe Fou, which led to her work for Magnin. She then talks about how she began teaching for the Textile Department at FIT in 1966, a year before the union was introduced, what the college looked like, as well as what the students were like at that time (beehive hairdos, patent leather mascara, classroom smoking), and how things have changed. She recounts her time as acting dean, and the transition the textile department made to using digital technology. She discusses her husband's art book store Jaap Rietman, and how she kept the books after the store closed. She finally discusses the first sustainable project conducted in the Textile program called SOS, Save our Surface, and about a book she's writing about a journalist's archive that was donated to her.