Galanos, James, 1924-2016 (1924-2016)

Person

Dates

Existence: 1924-2016

Biography

James Galanos was an American fashion designer whose clientele consisted of famous individuals. After studying at Traphagen School of Fashion, Galanos worked as an assistant to designer Hattie Carnegie, and interned in Paris for couturier Robert Piguet. He then relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked as a sketcher for Jean Louis, a costume designer at Columbia Pictures. Galanos started his company Galanos Originals in 1950, and designed formalwear for clients including Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, and Jacquline Kennedy. Galanos designed Grace Kelly's wedding dress for her wedding to Rainier III, prince of Monaco in 1956, and most famously created dresses for Nancy Reagan.

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Apparel Industry - Galanos, 1980-1990, 1980-1990

folder

Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.27

Scope and Contents

Two photocopied and pasted articles concerning the apparel firm Galanos.

Dates: 1980-1990

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Reference and Instructional Services / FIT Library Marketing Files, 1949-1995

CFDA Designer Hemlines Statements 1970, 1970

folder

Identifier: SC.214.4.106

Scope and Contents This folder contains members list of attendance for next meeting as well as responses from CFDA designers on hemlines. Press clippings and correspondence about these answers are included. Designers with statements on hemlines include: Norman Norell, Mollie Parnis, James Galanos, Anne Klein, Anne Fogarty, Kasper, John Moore, Marie McCarthy, Luba, Luis Estevez, Oscar De La Renta, Victor Joris, Pauline Trigere, George Halley, Ferdinando Sarmi, George Stavropoulos, Elinor Simmons, Sylvia Pedlar,...

Dates: 1970

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Eleanor Lambert collection, 1942-2003 / CFDA Series, 1944-2000

COTY- AFCA 1954 general, 1954

folder

Identifier: SC.214.3.29

Scope and Contents

This folder contains award programs, press releases, press clippings and 8x10" black and white photos of award presentations, runway shots of dresses by Charles James and one photograph of a Ben Zuckerman suit.

Dates: 1954

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Eleanor Lambert collection, 1942-2003 / COTY Awards, 1943-1984

COTY- AFCA 1954 winners, 1954

folder

Identifier: SC.214.3.30

Scope and Contents

This folder contains biographies of James Galanos, Charles James, press releases, 8x10" black and white photos of Galanos and Charles James for Dressmaker Casual ensembles with press releases attached, press clippings, 8x10" black and white portraits of Charles James with press releases attached.

Dates: 1954

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Eleanor Lambert collection, 1942-2003 / COTY Awards, 1943-1984

James Galanos, 1958, 1958

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Identifier: SC.214.2.318

Scope and Contents

This folder contains 7 black and white 8x10 fashion photographs of dresses, suits, and coats by James Galanos from May 1958.

Dates: 1958

Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Eleanor Lambert collection, 1942-2003 / Eleanor Lambert Designer Files, 1942-2002

James Galanos interview, circa 1980s, circa 1980s

Item

Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.42

Scope and Contents From the sub-sub-sub-series:

The Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries began informally in the late 1970s, and was officially funded by a grant from the Educational Foundation for the Fashion Industries beginning in 1981. The project was guided by an industry advisory committee chaired by Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Jr., and was largely guided by then director of the Gladys Marcus Library at FIT, John Touhey.

Dates: circa 1980s