Emme collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, press clippings, and ephemera about this milliner's career.
Dates
- Creation: 1959-1969
Creator
- Emme (Person)
- Emme, Inc. (Organization)
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.
Conditions Governing Use
The Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive does not own copyright for all material held in its physical custody. It is the researcher's obligation to abide by and satisfy copyright law (http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) when copying or using materials (including digital materials) found in or made available from the department. When possible, the department will inform a researcher about the copyright status of material, the researcher's obligations with regard to such material, and, wherever possible, the owner or owners of the copyrights. Any and all reproduction of originals is at the archivist's discretion.
Biographical / Historical
Emme was a popular American hat designer of the 1950's and 1960's. Born Ethel Price, Emme graduated from college in New York, apprenticed as a millinery designer at Bruch-Weiss and then started her own millinery business five years later. She achieved her greatest fame when Adolfo designed for her from 1959 through the early 1960's. In 1959 they shared the Nieman-Marcus Design award. She popularized the halo brim and the draped turban. She was particularly known for her artful construction of fabric hats in puffed, shirred, pleated and gored designs. Such celebrities as Arlene Francis and Paulette Godard were her customers. In 1969, Don Kline, a Fashion Institute of Technology graduate began designing for Emme.
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Language of Materials
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Existence and Location of Originals
The Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology, Department of Special Collections and FIT Archive, 27th St. at 7th Ave., NY, NY , USA, 10003
General
Emme was a popular American hat designer of the 1950's and 1960's. Born Ethel Price, Emme graduated from college in New York, apprenticed as a millinery designer at Bruch-Weiss and then started her own millinery business five years later. She achieved her greatest fame when Adolfo designed for her from 1959 through the early 1960's. In 1959 they shared the Nieman-Marcus Design award. She popularized the halo brim and the draped turban. She was particularly known for her artful construction of fabric hats in puffed, shirred, pleated and gored designs. Such celebrities as Arlene Francis and Paulette Godard were her customers. In 1969, Don Kline, a Fashion Institute of Technology graduate began designing for Emme.
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Shell record
- Title
- Emme collection
- Date
- 2025-06-02
- Description rules
- Dacs; Isad(g); Lo C
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and FIT Archive Repository