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Vreeland, Diana (1903 September 29-1989 August 22)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1903 September 29-1989 August 22

Biography

American editor and fashion expert Diana Vreeland was born in 1903. In 1939, she joined Harper's Bazaar and shortly after was appointed fashion editor, being acknowledged as one of the most influential observers of the fashion scene. In 1962, Vreeland left Harper's Bazaar and joined Vogue, of which she became editor in chief in 1963. Later in her life she was named special consultant to the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alan Fishman interview about his mother, Shirley Goodman, 1996 May 21, 1996 May 21

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.3
Scope and Contents Alan Fishman, the son of Shirley Goodman, discusses Goodman’s role in the early days of FIT. Goodman had worked on the World’s Fair with Grover Whalen, and was eventually introduced to the group of successful businessmen who were founding the institute out of the High School of the Needle Trades. Fishman describes his mother’s intense and lasting advocacy for the institute, though she came in without fashion industry experience. Fishman began working in the FIT mail room during his high...
Dates: 1996 May 21
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / FIT 50th Anniversary oral history series, 1994-1996

Grace Mirabella interview, 2010 July 1, 2010 July 1

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.5.44
Scope and Contents

Grace Mirabella talks about her career when she just started out, her time at Vogue magazine, and life after Vogue.

Dates: 2010 July 1
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / Ford Models oral history series, 2010-2011

Mollie Parnis interview, 1982 June 2, 1982 June 02

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.89
Scope and Contents This interview opens with Mollie Parnis talking about her latest project, a prize for three young journalists that she began in memory of her son. She then segues into the origins of her company and her early biography. She commenced her career by designing blouses after being frustrated at the quality of the designs while working in a design showroom on Madison Avenue. The Parnis-Livingston company began in a studio Seventh Avenue about five-years after Mollie Parnis and Leon Livingston...
Dates: 1982 June 02
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries

Symposium records, 2007

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Identifier: SC.FITA.3.10.1.2.6
Scope and Contents

Includes the papers and presentation delivered at the 2007 Symposium "Focus on Fashion Journalism." The names of the presenters and the title of their presentations contained in this folder are: Meghan Grossman, "Fashion in the Desert Sun: Louise Dahl-Wolfe and Diana Vreeland;" Mai Vu, "Picture Perfect? Retouching Practices in Fashion Photography;" Kristena Graebar, "Joe Eula."

Dates: 2007
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / School of Graduate Studies records / Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice records / Symposia records

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