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Department stores

 Subject

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

January, February, March 1966, 1966

 folder
Identifier: SC.214.1.1.1
Scope and Contents This folder contains 38 articles written for a syndicated column in January, February and March of 1966. Articles cover following topics: Amanda Mortimer Burden, Serendipity Shopping Center, Tips on how to dress properly, Anita Loos, Shopping for each season, Mexico Social Scene, Rosalind Russell Brisson, How to properly wear a short skirt, Hats as accessories, Who is currently part of fashion, Hairdressing practices, Irene Galitzine, Italian Lingerie trends, Italian Spring Fashion update,...
Dates: 1966
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Eleanor Lambert collection, 1942-2003 / Eleanor Lambert Columns and Column Records / Eleanor Lambert Columns

Jeanette Jarnow interview, 1994 December 20, 1994 December 20

 Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.15
Scope and Contents Jeannette Jarnow, former Chair of the Fashion Buying and Merchandising Department (FBM), discusses the small and intimate nature of FIT when she joined in 1956. She discusses the founding of the school by Morris Haft, Virginia Pope, and a handful of fashion industry insiders. She then describes the birth of the FBM department thanks to an endowment by Bergdorf Goodman as well as close relationships with Lord & Taylor, Abraham and Strauss, and Bloomingdale's. Jarnow touches on influential...
Dates: 1994 December 20
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / FIT 50th Anniversary oral history series, 1994-1996

Jeannette Jarnow interview, 1984 November 1, 1984 November 1

 Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.12.2
Scope and Contents This interview is with Jeannette Jarnow, the first chairperson of the Buying and Merchandising Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Jarnow describes her professional ascent at the department store, Abraham & Straus, up to 1944; when she took a brief break due to her first pregnancy. Jarnow describes the path that led her to seek out a teaching post at the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Instead of offering Jarnow a professorial post,...
Dates: 1984 November 1
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / Oral History of FIT

John Castagna, Lord & Taylor window collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC.504
Scope and Contents

This collection holds approximately 400 photographic prints, mostly black and white, depicting the store window displays of Lord & Taylor designed by John Castagna. Various photographers and photo studios are stamped on backs of photos. Most photos show ID numbers and dates. Donor Mr. Strangi stated that artist Dennis Abby was responsible for some backdrops painting in window displays.

Dates: circa 1960-1999
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Le Bon Marché catalogs and almanacs, 1912-2017

 Collection
Identifier: SC.488
Scope and Contents

This collection contains catalogs and almanacs produced by the Parisian department store Le Bon Marché.

Dates: 1912 - 2017
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Lord & Taylor collection, 1826-2010

 Collection
Identifier: SC.125
Scope and Contents This collection contains scrapbooks and company records related to the Lord and Taylor department stores, primarily focused on the original stores in New York City. The scrapbook series consists of unbound pages of newspaper and magazine clippings of Lord and Taylor stores in New York City and the greater New York Area. Company records include advertising, photographs and illustrations of Lord and Taylor buildings, company catalogs, press releases and clippings, as well as internal company...
Dates: 1826-2010
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Maria Chammah Oral History collection of Barneys Personnel, 2024

 Collection
Identifier: SC.502
Scope and Contents

This collection holds 25 oral history interviews of personnel and patrons of the Barneys New York department store. Interviews were conducted by Maria Chammah. Interview subjects are: Melissa Cohen; Michael Skidmore; Neil Kraft; Ruth Roberti; Steven Sicular; Suzi Jones; and Tracy Smith.

Dates: 2023-2024
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Mollie Parnis interview, 1982 June 2, 1982 June 02

 Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.89
Scope and Contents This interview opens with Mollie Parnis talking about her latest project, a prize for three young journalists that she began in memory of her son. She then segues into the origins of her company and her early biography. She commenced her career by designing blouses after being frustrated at the quality of the designs while working in a design showroom on Madison Avenue. The Parnis-Livingston company began in a studio Seventh Avenue about five-years after Mollie Parnis and Leon Livingston...
Dates: 1982 June 02
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Special Collections and FIT Archive / FIT oral histories collection / Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries

Nicole Emmerich Teweles papers, 1948-1950

 Collection
Identifier: SC.493
Scope and Contents

This collection contains training materials for Bloomingdales used by Nicole Emmerich Teweles as well as drafts and final copies of the Tobé Report, where Teweles was a Junior Editor.

Dates: 1947 - 1950
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Retail Stores - Abraham & Straus, 1978-1989, 1978-1989

 folder
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.7.1.110
Scope and Contents

Photocopied, pasted, and laminated articles concerning the retail store Abraham & Straus, including articles from Chain Store Age and Crain's New York Business.

Dates: 1978-1989
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Academic Affairs records / Gladys Marcus Library records / Reference and Instructional Services / FIT Library Marketing Files, 1949-1995

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