Gold, Ed (circa 1930 - 2010)
Dates
- Existence: circa 1930 - 2010
Biography
"Ed Gold joined Fairchild in 1951 as a reporter for WWD, covering sales promotions and branch stores. He spent seven years as the fur editor then covered general news. When John B. Fairchild returned to New York in 1960 after living in Paris, he wanted to jazz up the paper with snappily written stories about controversial subjects, which he called Eye. Fairchild enlisted Gold to write the first Eye piece about Vogue. Gold uncovered nuggets of information, such as that, between 1958 and 1960, Vogue went from a $24,000 loss to a $6 million profit. Gold continued to write Eye pieces, which evolved to the society, celebrity and cultural coverage that is the page today." Gold died in 2010 of heart failure.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Eleanor Lambert press photos, circa 1970-1979, circa 1970-1979
This series holds black and white photographs with press slugs from Eleanor Lambert depicting designs from a variety of fashion designers.