Young-Joo Kwon interview with Elizabeth Way, April 16, 2021
Scope and Contents
This oral history was conducted by Elizabeth Way on April 16, 2021, interviewing Young-Joo Kwon on the subject of her career as a fashion designer. Kwon details her education in Korea and Washington, DC, studying music and how a job during grad school working for a fashion designer inspired her to change career paths. She attended the Fashion Institute of Technology beginning in 1968 and subsequently worked in the New York garment district for manufacturers and designers including Scott Barrie, Tracy Mills, Norma Walters, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan and Elie Tahari.
Dates
- Creation: 2021 April 16
Creator
- Way, Elizabeth (Organization)
- Kwon, Young-Joo (Organization)
Language of Materials
English Latin
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Full Extent
1 placeholder : 1 folder containing 16 page transcript of oral history interview
Custodial History
This oral history was created by Elizabeth Way, Assistant Curator of Costume at the Museum at FIT in conjunction with her research on Scott Barrie for the book Black Designers in American Fashion (Bloomsbury, 2021), which she edited.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Elizabeth Way, in July 2021.
Existence and Location of Originals
The Library of the Fashion Institute of Technology, unit of Special Collections and FIT Archive, 27th St. at 7th Ave., NY, NY , USA, 10001
General
Published
Processing Information
processing, accession and finding aid by April Calahan August 2021
Subject
- Ralph Lauren (firm) (subject, Organization)
- Lauren, Ralph (1939-) (subject, Person)
- Barrie, Scott, 1943-1993 (1943-1993) (subject, Person)
- Donna Karan Company (subject, Organization)
- Karan, Donna, 1948- (1948-) (subject, Person)
- Elie Tahari (firm) (subject, Organization)
- Title
- Young-Joo Kwon interview with Elizabeth Way, April 16, 2021
- Date
- 2024-05-13
- Description rules
- Aat; Ansi; Dacs; Dcmi; Isad(g); Iso; Lo C; Niso; Etc
- 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