Handbags

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This folder contains a column on Judith Leiber and color and black and white photos of accessories by Leiber, promotional materials and 8x10" negatives.

Scope and Contents Donated in March 2009, the Arsho Baghsarian shoe design collection comprises approximately 26 cubic feet (14 cubic feet for the sketches and 12 cubic feet for the sample shoes and embellishments). The collection contains 561 shoe prototypes (210 total pairs and 141 total single shoes), 9 original boxes, 4 accessories (2 pairs of Shin-Shams) and 4752 design sketches, some handbags but mostly shoes shown in profile. Many, especially during the later part of her career are sketch copies since...

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This folder contains a column on Judith Leiber and color photos of handbags by Leiber and black and white photocopies of handbags by Leiber.

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This folder contains a column on Judith Leiber black and white portraits of Leiber and photos of her handbag designs.

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This folder contains a column on Paloma Picasso and black ad white photocopies of photos of handbags by Paloma Picasso and black and white photo of Paloma Picasso modeling one of her handbags.

Scope and Contents Ellen Goldstein, the Chair of the Accessories Design and Millinery Department, started with FIT’s Fashion Design Department as a part-time instructor. In 1981, the school received a federal grant for industries affected by imports and was able to start an accessories department. With additional support from the industry, the department has taken off. Goldstein explains her beginnings as a tapestry weaver and how she got into handbag design. She then describes the demographics of her...

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Photographs of handbag handles, students working with leather creating handbags, clutches, and handbags designs.

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This folder contains a column on handbags and black and white photos of handbags by Robert Lee Morris and black and white photocopies of photos of handbags by Paloma Picasso and Joan and David.

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This folder contains a column on handbags and black and white photocopies of handbags by De Vecchi, Carlos Falchi, Joan and David, Barry Keiselstein-Cord, Tiffany & Co., Judith Leiber and a black and white portrait of Leiber with a selection of her bags.

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Alligator purse, shoe and belt on Louis XV chair; Black and white: graphite; Signed; Client Lord & Taylor