Fragrance Foundation oral history series, 1993 and 1996, 1996, 1993
Scope and Contents
Interviews conducted by Estelle Ellis in 1993 on the occasion of the 1993 awards dinner in honor of Annette Green and the Fragrance Foundation, benefitting the educational foundation for the fashion industries. Interviews were conducted with key individuals involved in the fragrance industry including Annette Green (President, Fragrance Foundation), James Preston (Chairman, Avon Products), Lawrence Aiken (President and CEO, Sanofi Beaute), Dr. Fernando Aleu (President, Compar), Eugene Grisanti (Chairman, President and CEO, International Flavors & Fragrances), Jeanette Wagner (President, Estee Lauder), Burton Tansky, (Chairman, Bergdorf Goodman), Rosemarie Bravo (President, Saks Fifth Avenue).
Dates
- Creation: 1996
- Creation: 1993
Creator
- Ellis, Estelle (1919-2012) (Person)
- Business Image, Inc. (Organization)
Language of Materials
English Latin
Conditions Governing Access
Access is open to researchers by appointment at the Fashion Institute of Technology Library, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive. If you have any questions, or wish to schedule an appointment contact us at [email protected] or call (212) 217-4385.
The contents of this collection are also available to the public via our Archive on Demand repository: https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/items/browse?collection=22
Biographical / Historical
Estelle Ellis was born on November 12, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Hunter College in 1940, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Journalism, Ellis began a career in publishing. Ellis was crucial in the founding of Seventeen magazine in 1943, assisting Helen Valentine with design and advertising for the magazine. In 1958, Ellis founded Business Image, Incorporated, a creative marketing firm that stressed the importance of market and product positioning. Her company worked primarily with Condé Nast publications but other businesses, such as Yves Saint-Laurent Fragrances, Evan-Picone, AT&T, and Scoville, hired Business Image as well.
Beginning in the mid-1960s, Ellis began working with the Fashion Institute of Technology, creating programs and fundraising campaigns to help with financial support. During the 1990s, Ellis focused on writing, co-authoring At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live With and Care for Their Libraries (1995), At Home with Art: How Art Lovers Live With and Care for Their Treasures (1999), and The Booklover's Repair Kit: First Aid for Home Libraries (2000). Estelle Ellis passed away on July 12, 2012.
Full Extent
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Custodial History
This series was created as part of research conducted by Estelle Ellis and Business Image, Inc. for two Educational Foundation award galas in the early 1990s, and were donated to FIT's oral history collection in 1994 from Business Image, Inc. One set of interviews conducted in 1993 speak with key executives from the fragrance industry, and focus on Annette Green's work and the other set conducted in 1994 covers the history of Bergdorf Goodman (see _Bergdorf Goodman oral history, 1977 and 1994, bulk 1994_ https://atom-sparc.fitnyc.edu/bergdorf-goodman-oral-history).
Physical Description
7 audio and 1 video recording of oral history interviews; transcript documents of all recorded interviews in addition to one printed statement; digitized versions of all materials
General
Estelle Ellis was born on November 12, 1919 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Hunter College in 1940, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Journalism, Ellis began a career in publishing. Ellis was crucial in the founding of Seventeen magazine in 1943, assisting Helen Valentine with design and advertising for the magazine. In 1958, Ellis founded Business Image, Incorporated, a creative marketing firm that stressed the importance of market and product positioning. Her company worked primarily with Condé Nast publications but other businesses, such as Yves Saint-Laurent Fragrances, Evan-Picone, AT&T, and Scoville, hired Business Image as well.
Beginning in the mid-1960s, Ellis began working with the Fashion Institute of Technology, creating programs and fundraising campaigns to help with financial support. During the 1990s, Ellis focused on writing, co-authoring At Home with Books: How Booklovers Live With and Care for Their Libraries (1995), At Home with Art: How Art Lovers Live With and Care for Their Treasures (1999), and The Booklover's Repair Kit: First Aid for Home Libraries (2000). Estelle Ellis passed away on July 12, 2012.
General
Published
Processing Information
There are two interviews of Annette Green about the Fragrance Foundation. The first one was done in 1993, likely by Estelle Ellis, while the other was done by Carol Poll. The second was likely meant to be a part of a separate series of interviews on the Fragrance Foundation, however no additional interviews conducted by Carol Poll seem to exist for it, so it has been added to the original series conducted in 1993.
Subject
- Fragrance Foundation (subject, Organization)
- Green, Annette (1924-) (subject, Person)
- Ellis, Estelle (1919-2012) (subject, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository