Cohen, Abe
Biography
Abe Cohen was the founder of Craftex, an intimate apparel manufacturing firm that produced ladies and children's robe under the Gilligan & O’Malley label. Craftex sold the label to Target in the 1990s. Craftex went out of business in 1996.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Abe Cohen interview, 1983 February 14, 1983 February 14
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.