Davis, Tobé-Coller (1888-1962)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1888-1962
Biography
Tobé-Coller Davis (1888 - 1962) was an American fashion forecaster. Known as Miss Tobé, she wrote a column, "Tobé Says," in the New York Herald Tribune. Davis also appraised trends for the Allied Stores Corporation. In 1927 she founded the Tobé Report to assist retailers with upcoming trends. A decade later, she and Julia Coburn founded the Tobé-Coburn School for Fashion Careers. This was seen as one of the important moments that helped solidify New York as a center for fashion.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Symposium records, 2020
digital folder
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.10.1.2.35
Scope and Contents
This folder includes digital copies of the papers and presentations delivered at the 2020 Symposium, which occurred completely online due to restrictions placed upon students and faculty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, 2020. The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are:* Bobbi Wall - "Ruth Reeves’ Lasting Imprint on Modern American Fashion"* Anna Lucia Uihlein: "Louella Ballerino: Fashioning California"...
Dates:
2020
Tobé Coller Davis papers
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SC.338
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 3 typewritten transcripts of talks given by or about Tobé Coller Davis; one is an undated biographical talk about Davis, the remaining two are talks given by her titled "In My Opinion: Are Women Slaves to Fashion?" dated Jun 26 1947, and a "A Talk on Fashion by Madame Tobe of Tobe and Associates, Inc.", given in Cambridge MA on Dec 9 1947 (the latter includes a folded magazine clipping of an article from Feb 1939, with a handwritten note in the margin that Millie...
Dates:
1939 - 1947
Found in:
Special Collections and FIT Archive