Bob Bugnand collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains fashion sketches, some with design notations and swatches; photographs, some with swatches; business papers; as well as personal papers and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-2000
Creator
- Bugnand, Bob (1924-) (Person)
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
Bugnand was chief designer for Jacques Heim and Robert Piquet before opening his own couture workroom in Paris. He opened a salon in New York in the late 1950's but had his dresses made in his Paris workshops. He became a member of the haute couture Chambre Syndicale in 1960. His creations were worn by the Duchess of Windsor, Babe Paley, and Jacqueline Kennedy, among others. Later in career he designed evening and cocktail dresses for wholesale dress manufacturer Sam Friedlander.
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Language of Materials
Undetermined
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, 10001
General
Bugnand was chief designer for Jacques Heim and Robert Piquet before opening his own couture workroom in Paris. He opened a salon in New York in the late 1950's but had his dresses made in his Paris workshops. He became a member of the haute couture Chambre Syndicale in 1960. His creations were worn by the Duchess of Windsor, Babe Paley, and Jacqueline Kennedy, among others. Later in career he designed evening and cocktail dresses for wholesale dress manufacturer Sam Friedlander.
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- Title
- Bob Bugnand collection
- Date
- 2025-06-12
- 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