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Fashion design

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 721 Collections and/or Records:

Bergdorf Goodman custom salon sketches, 1930-1969

 Collection
Identifier: SC.20
Scope and Contents The Bergdorf Goodman Custom Salon sketches collection contains 8,976 pencil, ink, and watercolor sketches by staff artists representing clothing and millinery available in Bergdorf's custom salon. These garments were made to order either from designs purchased by special arrangement from the leading coutouriers of the day or from sketches by Bergdorf's then well known in-house designers. Representative designers include Dior, Balenciaga, Halson and Courreges. House designers include Leslie...
Dates: 1930s-1969; bulk 1950-1969
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Beryl Tucker Young Trends Inc. historical forecasts

 Collection
Identifier: PERS.HFC.BTYT
Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of forty books and 7 folders of Beryl Tucker Young Trends Inc.'s historical forecasts and newsletters for October 1959 through January 1975. Includes cloth color samples, swatches, silhouettes, trends, and shoes for girls and boyswear.

Dates: 1959-1975
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive

Biographies and releases, 1960 - 1961, 1960 - 1961

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.5.1.28
Scope and Contents

This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Resort & Spring 1960 and Autumn 1961. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion as well experiences she had in some of her trips abroad where she found inspiration for her design process. The descriptions were written for press releases.

Dates: 1960 - 1961
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Publicity, 1936 - 1980 / Releases, 1950-1978

Biographies and releases, 1963 - 1964, 1963 - 1964

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.5.1.29
Scope and Contents

This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell. The descriptions account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion as well her career journey. The descriptions were written for press releases. Also, included is correspondence.

Dates: 1963 - 1964
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Publicity, 1936 - 1980 / Releases, 1950-1978

Biographies and releases, 1964 - 1965, 1964 - 1965

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.5.1.30
Scope and Contents

This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Summer and Spring 1964. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion as well her career journey. The descriptions were written for press releases in 1964 and 1965. Also, included is correspondence related to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and photocopies of sketches for womenswear.

Dates: 1964 - 1965
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Publicity, 1936 - 1980 / Releases, 1950-1978

Biographies and releases, 1966 - 1969, 1966 - 1969

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.5.1.31
Scope and Contents

This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Spring 1966, Fall 1966, Fall 1967, and Spring 1969. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion as well her career journey. There are also descriptions related to Vera Maxwell long-stemmed "Body Boot". The descriptions were written for press releases. Also, included is a magazine clipping.

Dates: 1966 - 1969
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Publicity, 1936 - 1980 / Releases, 1950-1978

Biographies and releases, 1970 - 1978, 1970 - 1978

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.5.1.32
Scope and Contents This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Autumn 1973, Resort 1975, Spring 1975, Fall & Winter 1976, Autumn 1977, Summer 1978, Spring 1978, and Fall 1978. There are also descriptions related to the "Speed Suit" designed by Vera Maxwell, the "Perspective" showing at the Smithsonian Institution, and biographies about Vera Maxwell. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion, and they were written for press releases....
Dates: 1970 - 1978
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Publicity, 1936 - 1980 / Releases, 1950-1978

Biographies and releases, Undated, Undated

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.5.1.33
Scope and Contents This folder contains typed descriptions about Vera Maxwell collections for Spring 1978, Fall 1978, and Autumn 1979. The descriptions also account for the designer's thoughts and philosophy on fashion as well her career journey. They were written for press releases. Also, included is a text related to a trip in Ireland Vera Maxwell did in 1950, another text related to an uniform Vera Maxwell designed for girls who conducted guided tours at the Lincoln Center, and other texts related to...
Dates: Undated
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Publicity, 1936 - 1980 / Releases, 1950-1978

Bob Mackie interview, circa 1980s, circa 1980s

 Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.77
Scope and Contents

In this interview, Robert L. Green interviews costume and fashion designer Bob Mackie about his life and career. They discuss his methods and his experiences with specific projects and the costume industry. They discuss their experiences with Edith Head, as well as Mackie's work with a wide variety of celebrities.

Dates: circa 1980s
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

Booklets, 1961, 1961

 folder
Identifier: SC.69.6.1.2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains two booklets related to Vera Maxwell's 25th Anniversary and other one related to the game "Guess Which Year." Also, included are magazine and newspaper clippings about Vera Maxwell.

Dates: 1961
Found in: Special Collections and FIT Archive / Vera Maxwell collection, 1929-1985 / Special events, 1961 - 1970's / 25th Anniversary, 1961

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