April Calahan, Curator of Manuscripts at the Special Collections and College Archives unit of the Fashion Institute of Technology library, interviews street style fashion photographer Jamel Shabazz. Mr. Shabazz talks of his life growing up in New York City as a child of divorce. He recalls how he started learning photography in Germany while serving in the armed forces. He began documenting his world in 1980 when he began taking photographs of young people who reminded him of his own life growing up, and found his camera facilitated his ability to engage with and mentor young people. He talks about the importance of mentorship, the trust that he honed between him and his subjects. He discusses how discounted clothing was often purchased from stores around Delancey and Orchard streets in the 1970s as well as other hubs where urban fashion originated from. He compares the photographic work he's done in the studio to his preference to shooting on the street. Calahan and Shabazz review the specific processes behind a number of Shabazz's favorite photographs. He finally discusses his respect for FIT, and his reasons for donating a collection of photographs to FIT's archive, and how important he believes photography is for documenting history. Alex Joseph, editor of Hue Magazine, joins in as interviewer to ask Mr. Shabazz about his personal clothing collection, which consists of pieces he designed himself or has kept over several decades, and which he uses in his fashion shoots. Finally, Mr. Shabazz recalls how fashion has changed over time.
Shabazz, Jamel, 1960-Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2007 Symposium "Focus on Fashion Journalism." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Meghan Grossman, "Fashion in the Desert Sun: Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Diana Vreeland;" Mai Vu, "Picture Perfect? Retouching Practices in Fashion Photography;" Kristena Graebar, "Joe Eula."
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."
Hentz, Eta, 1895-1986This folder contains black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor hats from 1943. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 and mannequin heads 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 and mannequin heads 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 1949. 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 1948. 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 1947. 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 and mannequin heads wearing Victor hats from 1946. 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 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 the 1930s. Some photographs include typed descriptions attached.
This collection is comprised of 46 folders containing primarily black and white photographs depicting clothed women wearing Victor's hats (1930's to 1960's).
Victor, Sally, 1905-1977This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1969 by Blass, Brooks, Adolfo, Fogerty, Rudi Gernreich, Kadley, Kaspar for Joan Leslie, Kasper, Victor Joris, Anne Klein, Herbert Levine, Calvin Klein, Kirkpatrick, Marquise, Modelia, Mr. Mort, David Evins, Leo Narducci, Papillon, Ann Pennington, Suzy Perette, Jerry Silverman Simpson, Starr, Stavropolous, Tiffeau, Trigere, Weinberg, Winston, Oscar de la Renta, and Christian Dior.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1968 by Sarmi, Parnis, Adele Simpson, Don Simonelli, Jerry Silverman, Anne Klein, Tina Leser, Mallory, Modelia, George Halley, Kaspar, Kirkpatrick, Kirkpatrick, Adele Simpson, Malcolm Starr, Stavropoulos, Pauline Trigere, Tiffeau Busch, Winston, and Chester Weinberg.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1968 by Anne Fogarty, Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Dior, Donald Brooks, Cuddlecoat, Geoffrey Beene, and George Halley.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1967 by Geoffrey Beene, Bill Blass, Donald Brooks, Oscar de la Renta, Dior, Rudi Gernreich, Anne Fogarty, Kimberly, Anne Klein, Victor Joris for Cuddlecoat, Kenneth Lane, Vera Maxwell, Modleia, Norman Norell, Mollie Parnis, Sarmi, Don Simonelli, Adele Simpson, Malcolm Starr, Stavropoulos, Dominic for Nattie Talmack, Jacques Tiffeau, Pauline Trigere, Chester Weinberg, Pauline Trigere, Andrew Woods, and Wragge.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1966 by Donald Brooks, Bill Blass, Beene, Cassini, de la Renta, Kimberly, Hadley, Rudi Gernreich, Roxane, Gayle Kirkpatrick, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Sarmi, Parnis, Adele Simpson, and Sandler.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1965 by Geoffrey Beene, Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Donald Brooks, Anne Fogarty, Rudi Gernreich, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Mallory, Modelia, John Moore, Sarmi, Mollie Parnis, Malcolm Starr, Tiffeau & Busch, Stavropoulos, Dominic of Talmack, Chester Weinberg, Trigere, Winston, Geoffrey Beene, and Gustav Tassel.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1965 by Paul Parnes, Parnis, Sarmi, Starr, Roxane for Samuel, Cassini, de la Renta, Cuddlecoat, Joris, John Moore, Modelia, Geoffrey Beene, Donald Brooks, Tiffeau & Busch, Trigere, Chester Weinberg, Andrew Woods and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments by John Weitz and Victor Joris, alongside slides presumably of Paley Park.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of undated garments by Monika Tilley, Tiffeau, Trigere, Weinberg, Winston, John Weitz, and Bill Blass and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of undated garments by Alexis Kirk, Kirkpatrick, Victor Joris, Halston, Anne Klein, Joan Leslie, Marquise, Modelia, Nipon, Suzy Perette, Papillon, Sarmi, Giorgio Sant'Angelo, Jerry Silverman, Helene Sidel, Adele Simpson, Malcolm Starr, Stavropolous, and Tiffeau.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of undated garments by Adolfo, Adri, John Anthony, Beene, Bill Blass, Donald Brooks, Cadaro, Malcolm Charles, Oscar de la Renta, Christian Dior and Rudi Gernreich.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1981 by Ossie Clarke, John Antony, Dimitri, Fiandaca, Nipon, Regina Kravitz, Betty Junson, Morton Myles, Halston, Adele Simpson, Helene Sidel, Mollie Parnis, Monika Tilley,
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1980 by Anthony, Blass, Brooks, Blassport, apraro, Cashin, Dimitri, Halston, Hansen, Kasper, Luigi, Myles, ipon, Parnis, Pollock Ship N'Shore, Sayers, Rupert, Sidel, Silverman, Sant'Angelo, Rupert, Simpson, Tice and Trigere.
This folder contains 2x2" color transparences of studio photographs of garments from 1978[?] by unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1975 by John Anthony, Bill Haire, Kasper, Kimberly, Anne Klein, Nipon, Parnis, Rafael, Silverman, Tilley and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1975 by John Anthony, Albert Capraro, Oleg Cassini, James Daughtry, Denim Council, Oscar de la Renta, Halston, Calvin Klein, Anne Klein, Kaiserman/Rafael, John Kloss, Gloria Sachs, Ralph Lauren, Pat Sandler, Malcolm Starr, Silverman and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1974 by John Anthony, Beene, Bill Blass, Eloise Curtis, Oscar de la Renta, Denim Council, Dubaux, Famolare, J.S. Ltd, Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Nipon, Papillon, Parnis, Jerry Silverman, Simpson, Ilie Wacs, Adri and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1973 by Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Leo Narduci, Clovis Ruffin, Jerry Silverman, Adele Simpson, Trigere, Hazel Haire, John Anthony, Jim Baldwin, Beene, Blass, Oscar de la Renta, Halston and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1972 by Stan Herman, Victor Joris, Cuddlecoat, Kenneth Jay Lane, Kasper for J.L. Sport, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Kimberly, Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, John Kloss, Ralph Lauren, Papillon, Olga, Elsa Perette, Suzy Perette, Sarmi, Pat Sandler, Jerry Silverman, Adele Simpson, Malcolm Starr, Pauline Trigere, John Weitz, Von Furstenberg, Winston and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1972 by Oscar de la Renta, Dimitri of Italy, Dior, Malcolm Charles, Bill Blass, Brooks, Brigance, Geoffrey Beene, Jim Baldwin, Adri, John Anthony, Halston, Stan Herman, and Jim Hadley.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1971 by Bill Blass, Eve, Fogarty, Victor Joris, Calvin Klein, Anne Klein, Marquise, Papillon, Perette, Stavropoulos, Giorgio St. Angelo, Tiffeau, Trigere, Weinberg and unspecified designers.
This folder contains color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1970 by John Anthony, J. Baldwin, Beene, Blass, Cardinalli, Oscar de la Renta, Jim Hadley, Hazel Haire, Kenneth Jay Lane, Victor Joris, Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Papillon, Perette, Jerry Silverman, Don Simonelli, Adele Simpson, Malcolm Starr, Stavropoulos, Jacques Tiffeau, Trigere, Joan Leslie, Weinberg, and unspecified designers.
This folder contains 8x10" black and white press photos, most with text press releases attached for: Ms. Lee, The Denim Council, Kimberly, Georffrey Beene, Scholl, Adri, Lew Prince of Aldrich, Kaser for Joan Leslie, Kasper for J.L Sport, John Kloss, DD Dominick, Bill Blass, Stephen Burrows, and Brigance Waterclothes.
This folder contains correspondance, list of attendees for the American Designer Series showings held in January 1964 and three 8x10" black and white press photos for Rudi Gernreich's 1964 collections as modeled by Peggy Moffitt.
This folder contains 8x10" black and white press photos, most with text press releases attached for : Kasper, John Kloss for Cira, Leo Narducci, Bill Blass, Geoffrey Beene, Halston, Dimitri, Claudia by Goerge Halley, Stan Herman for Lifestyle, Originala, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Kasper for J.L. Sport, Stella Fagin for Elias Sayor Company, Willie Woo, Polo by Ralph Lauren and John Weitz.
This folder contains thirty 8x10" black and white press photos, most with text press releases attached for : Jacques Tiffeau, Scassi, Leo Narducci, Victor Joris for Cuddlecoat, Helene Curtis, Brigance Waterclothes, Cadoro, Bill Blass, La Flaque de Paris, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Victor Joris for Cuddlecoat, Victor Joris for V&J Designs, Herbert Levine, Anne Klein, and Kenneth Jay Lane.
This folder contains correspondance, press releases, lists of attendees, catering bills and the menu for a banquet at the St. Regis, and schedules for the Fall 1963 American Designer showings. Also included are fifteen 8x10" black and white press photos for Gustave Tassell and Rudi Gernreich (as modeled by Peggy Moffitt) Designers represented in this folder are: Adolfo, Alyssa, Burke-Amey, Caprolan, Ciel Chapman, Geroge Carmel, Oleg Cassini, Lilly Daché, Jane Derby, Christian Dior-New York, Luis Estevez, Anne Fogarty, Harry Frechtel, Rudi Gernreich, Bud Kilpatrick, Koret, Helen Lee, Tina Leser for David Goodstein, Herbert and Beth Levine, Jean Louis, Mam'selle, Marquise, John Moore for Talmack, Norman Norell, Mollie Parnis, Edwin Pearl , Pellon, Leo Ritter for Ritter Brothers, Pat Sandler, Sarmi,Scaasi Couture, Scaasi for Martini, Ship N' Shore, Adele Simpson, Gustave Tassell, Jacques Tiffeau,John Weitz, Samuel Winston, and B.H.Wragge.
This folder contains 8x10" black and white press photos, most with text press releases attached for : Rudi Gernreich, Cuddlecoat, Herbert Levine, Ceil Chapman, Bill Blass, Mister Pants, Bill Blass for PBM, Sarmi, Anne Klein & Co., Malcolm Starr, Jacques Tiffeau, Christian Dior-New York, Stan Herman for Mr. Mort, Donald Brooks, and Charles of the Ritz.
This folder contains 8x10" black and white press photos, most with text press releases attached for : Cherster Weinberg, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Sarmi, Christian Dior-New York, Kenneth Jay Lane, Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, Pauline Trigere, Leo Narducci, Jacques Tiffeau, Stan Herman for Mr. Mort, Kenneth Lane for Van Raalte, Bill Blass of PBM,
This folder contains 8x10" black and white press photos, most with text press releases attached for : Leo Narducci, Bill Blass for Maurice Rentner, Mr. John, Adele Simpson, Pauline Trigere, Tina Leser, Anne Fogarty, Monika of Mallory's, Chester Weinberg, Donald Brooks, Sarmi, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Victor Joris for Cuddlecoat, Christian Dior-New York, Burlington Industries, Geoffrey Beene, Stan Herman for Mr. Mort, Warner's, Herbert and Beth Levine, Gayle Kirkpatrick, and Tiffeau & Busch.
This folder contains papers and records pertaining to the Spring 1963 American Designer showings including the schedule, transportation records, press clippings, press releases, correspondance, RSVP lists for showings, Designers participating in the showings include Sarmi, Scaasi, Lilly Daché, Christian Dior-New York, Oleg Cassini, Mam'selle, Leslie Fay, Ben Zuckerman, Mollie Parnis, Adele Simpson, Jean Louis, Welre, Bud Kilpatrick, Rudi Gernreich, Ceil Chapman, Martier-Raymond, Pepe Fernandez, Jane Derby, and Luis Estevez. Press releases in this folder pertaining to the Spring 1963 collections of Ben, Zuckerman, Samuel Winston, John Weitz, Werlé, Sarmi, Scaasi, Adele Simpson, Jo Copeland, Mollie Parnis, Martier-Raymond, Marquise, Mam'selle, Jean Louis, Joan Leslie, Bud Kilpatrick, Rudi Gernreich, Pepe Fernandez, Leslie Fay, Christian Dior-New York, Jane Derby, EStevez, Edward Abbot, Briarbrook, Oleg Cassini, Ceil Chapman, and Lilly Daché.