Box 1

This folder includes student work sketches (some with swatches attached), Cutting's notes from a knitwear class at FIT that would inspire his future career, photographs from the 1983 Soul Show and from Cutting's thesis runway shows, and documents surrounding the Harvey Bristol Cream fashion show and award.

This folder contains annotated black and white drawings of nurses' shoes which Cutting created for a job interview with a uniform company.

This folder is comprised of three branded folders, all containing sketches and croquis that Cutting created for brand Anna Scipioni based in Padova, Italy. The designs are for women's and children's sportswear. There is also some correspondence, written around copied design sketches.

This folder contains draft design sketches and color ways for merchandise items to be sold at an aquatic-themed amusement park, including sunglasses, hats, footwear, umbrellas, etc.

This folder contains design sketches, swatches and correspondence related to a freelance project Cutting did for Monalisa, an Italian company. He notes that this freelance project was designed while he was in New York, but produced in Italy; the correspondence is on Philippe Monet letterhead.

This folder contains design sketches and croquis--plus some sample invoices with pricing--for Philippe Monet men's outerwear. There are also some sketches for company logos that feature vintage cars.

This folder contains design sketches and croquis for leather and cloth outerwear, created by Cutting for Philippe Monet. Some are annotated, and others include measurements. There is also one page of leather swatches attached to paper.

This folder contains style sheets with design drawings, measurements, correspondence, swatches, handwritten notes, pricing and other product line information for Philippe Monet outerwear designed by Cutting.

This folder contains design sketches of shoes, women's wear and outerwear created by Cutting for Enrica Massei, an Italian company based in Milan, Italy; this was Cutting's first job after graduating from FIT. Many of the sketches are on company letterhead paper; there is also a candid photograph of Cutting with others, presumably his colleagues.