Barbizon Hotel (Barbizon 63)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1927-
Biography
The Barbizon (known since 2005 as Barbizon 63), is a building located at 140 East 63rd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was for many decades a female-only residential hotel for young women who came to New York City for professional opportunities.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fern Mallis interview, 2019 July 10, 2019 July 10
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.29
Scope and Contents
Phyllis Dillon speaks with Fern Mallis about her career in the fashion industry. Mallis discusses her time as a young woman working in the coveted Guest Editorship position at Madamoiselle magazine, and her time living at the Barbazon Hotel for Women. She goes on to discuss her time working for the magazine as an employee in her years after college, and the other jobs she took after leaving Madamoiselle. She then describes how she learned about the Council of Fashion Designers of America...
Dates:
2019 July 10