Interviews conducted by Estelle Ellis in 1993 on the occasion of the 1993 awards dinner in honor of Annette Green and the Fragrance Foundation, benefitting the educational foundation for the fashion industries. Interviews were conducted with key individuals involved in the fragrance industry including Annette Green (President, Fragrance Foundation), James Preston (Chairman, Avon Products), Lawrence Aiken (President and CEO, Sanofi Beaute), Dr. Fernando Aleu (President, Compar), Eugene Grisanti (Chairman, President and CEO, International Flavors & Fragrances), Jeanette Wagner (President, Estee Lauder), Burton Tansky, (Chairman, Bergdorf Goodman), Rosemarie Bravo (President, Saks Fifth Avenue).
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.
Senza titoloIncludes 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" .
Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2015 Symposium "Acts of Fashion: Inspiration, Imitation, Appropriation" which occurred on Saturday, May 9, 2015. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Jade Burger Macnee, "Dress and Art: An Anthropophagic Study;" Christina Frank, "Homeless Chic? Appropriation and Inspiration in Fashion;" Chloe Chapin, "Tuxedos Transformed women's fashion inspired by male evening dress;" Ingrid Wetzel, "Ignore the Violence: Hells Angels, Highway to the Runway;" J. Leia Lima Baum, "Imitating the Familiar: Normcore and the End of Postmodernism in Fashion."
This 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.
Senza titoloThe 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.
A collection of photographs documenting the Fashion Institute of Technology from its founding to the late 1980s.
Senza titoloThis collection is comprised of fashion sketches for womenswear.
Senza titoloThis collection consists of one folder of press releases and one folder of press clippings pertaining to the counterculture magazine Rags, which was in publication 1970-1971.
Senza titoloThis 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.
Senza titoloThis 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.
Senza titoloThis collection contains four folders of fashion sketches accumulated as part of subscription services.
This folder contains 5 copies of Harper's Bazaar magazine pages and 19 fashion illustrations signed by Sara Johns. The illustrations consist of two-piece ensembles, dresses and jumpsuits. Some garments shown are attributed to Claire McCardell, Abercrombie & Fitch; department stores Bonwitt Teller and Arnold Constable & Company labeled on the back. There are also 3 loose notes attributing designs to Tina Leser, Tom Brigance for Lord & Taylor, and B.H. Wragge.
Senza titoloThis folder contains 8 illustrated fashion illustrations signed by Dagmar, mostly dresses and evening gowns.
Senza titoloThis folder contains 2 fashion illustrations signed by Carles. The artist could possibly be Sara Johns who also went under the name Sara Carles Johns.
Senza titoloThis 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.
Senza titoloThis collection contains fashion illustrations (mainly garments) executed for Harper's Bazaar between the years of 1940-1942 by Dagmar Freuchen-Gale, Sara Johns and Reynaldo Luza. On the back of the illustrations there are Harper's Bazaar issue numbers that the illustrations were published in.
Senza titoloThis 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.
Senza titoloThis collection cotains both original and photocopied sketches by Arnold Scassi ranging from 1966-1992. Each sketch is accompanied by a fabric swatch and is separated into 21 folders by the collection season ( i.e., Boutique Fall 92) Fabric content is often noted alongside an indication of its use. For example "Printed silk dress and jacket - dress has printed silk ruffle at neckline with white guipure lace edging. Jacket has matching ruffle cuffs." Included in some folders are pricelist, order forms and handwritten notes.
Senza titoloThis collection is comprised of fashion sketches made for Hattie Carnegie, Inc. from 1940 - 1955. This collection contains millinery (hats) for which some designs can be attributed to Esther A. Kleeper in 1945. The remainder of the collection is ready-to-wear dresses and suits, along with evening wear, mostly ballgowns, that were adapted from French couturiers for the American woman. The sketches have been divided into millinery, ready-to-wear, and evening wear. Many of the sketches are not dated, but based upon a survey of the collection and dates of similar physical garments made by Hattie Carnegie, Inc. it is assumed that the sketches are from the aforementioned dates.
Senza titoloThis 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.
Senza titoloContains 61 fragile articles of correspondence from the 1890s, graduation announcement, poem-prayer book, pressed flowers, wedding invitations, 2 book marks, 2 spools of thread, 1 round silk or satin rigid ribbon, and photograph. Publications include E. Marcus Reynolds: Joy Taylor System; Teacher's College: The Domestic Art Review 1909; Boston Dress Cutting College, Directions for Harriet A Brown's Scientific Rules; Unity Union SS Library Catalogue of Books; National School Domestic Arts and Science brochure; Dormitory brochure; The Model House brochure.
Senza titoloThis 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 folder contains correspondence, black and white press photos of Coco Chanel, Pierre Cardin, Emilio Pucci, Mary Quant, Alexandre, press releases and a award program for the 1963 The Sunday Times International Fashion Awards.
This 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 1964 by Trigere, Weitz, Blass, Cassini, Chapman, Estevez, Fogarty, Jean Louis, Eric Lund, Mam'selle, Parnis, Sarmi, Simpson, Starr, Tiffeau & Busch, Tiffeau & Weitz, Wragge and unspecified designers.
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 color slides of studio photographs of garments from 1963 by unspecified designers.
This series is comprised of color slides of garments that were part of the American Designer Showings.
This folder contains correspondance pertaining to the 1974 American Designer Showing series.
This folder contains the showing schedules for the Spring 1974 American Designer showings. Designers participating include Adele Simpson, Ilie Wacs, Oscar de la Renta, Shannon Rodgers for Jerry Silverman, Dubaux Jewelry, Pat Sandler, Luis Estevez, Pauline Trigere, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Kasper for J.L. Sport, Mollie Parnis, Papillon, Alexis Kirk, Gloria Sachs, Kimberly Knitwear, Albert Nipon, John Anthony, Adri, Hazel Haire for Fredericks Sport, Scholl Footwear, DD Dominick Sportswear, John Kloss for the Kreisler Group, Calvin Klein, Brigance Waterclothes, Leo Narducci for Ambiance, J.S. Ltd., Clovis Ruffin for Ruffinwear, Jim Baldwin Designs, Elouise Curtis International Ltd., Geoffrey Beene, Priscilla of Boston, Lew Prince for Aldrich, Willie Woo, Stephen Burrows, Anne Klein and Company, and Halston.
This folder contains correspondance pertaining to radio and TV coverage of the Spring 1974 American Designer showings.
This folder cotains correspondance pertaining to the catering at the Plaza Hotel for the Spring 1974 American Designer Showings.
This folder contains list of attendees pertaining to the Spring 1974 American Designer Series showings.
This folder contains meeting minutes, list of attendees, budget information and correspondance pertaining to the Spring 1974 American Designer Series showings.
This folder contains the fashion forecast for Spring 1974, , the intercoiffure American beauty forecast for Spring 1974, and press releases for La Banque Continentale and individual designers including: Adri, John Anthony, Bill Blass, Brigance Waterclothes, Oscar de la Renta, Luis Estevez, Joe Famolare, Halston, Bill & Hazel Haire for Friedricks Sport, Kasper for Joan Leslie, Kasper for J.L. Sport, Kimberly, Anne Klein, John Kloss, Albert Nipon, Leo Narducci, Mollie Parnis Boutique, Gloria Sachs, Shannon Rodgers for Jerry Silverman, Adele Simpson, Trigere, and Goldworm.
This folder contains correspondance pertaining to the Spring 1974 American Designer Series showings
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 pertaining to the use of color slides at Spring 1974 American Designer Series showings.