Fashion look books and merchandising collection
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/KA0110
Summary
Contains printed and moving image publicity materials produced for late twentieth century fashion designers, including: Calvin Klein, Donna Karan (DKNY), Joseph Abboud, Pierre Balmain, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger. Also holds printed matter created for Parsons School of Design alumni Anna Sui, Badgley Mischka, Isaac Mizrahi, Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez, Peter Speliopoulus, and Bruce (Daphne Gutierrez and Nicole Noselli).
Dates
- 1960s-2001
- Majority of material found within 1990 - 2001
Creator
- Abboud, Joseph (Person)
- Bonwit Teller & Co (Organization)
- Donna Karan Company (Organization)
- Hilfiger, Tommy (Person)
- Klein, Calvin, 1942- (Person)
- Lauren, Ralph (Person)
- Parsons the New School for Design. Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives (Collector, Organization)
- Pierre Balmain (Firm) (Organization)
Extent
5.2 Cubic Feet (4 boxes, 1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents of Collection
The Fashion look books and merchandising collection is a collection assembled by the New School from multiple donations. The collection primarily contains look books and merchandising materials, including press kits and videotapes, dating from the 1990s, with a predominance originating in the late 1990s. Also of note is a folder of publicity materials and internal memos produced by the women's apparel retailer Bonwit Teller's fashion publicity department, including a history of the firm and a copy of an early press release for a collection by a young Calvin Klein.
A number of the designers featured in the collection are former Parsons students and/or critics, including Anna Sui, Isaac Mizrahi, Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez, and Donna Karan. Also represented for multiple seasons are Joseph Abboud, Pierre Balmain, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger.
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Organization and Arrangement
Organized in 2 series. The General series is arranged alphabetically by design firm; the Donna Karan series is alphabetical by format: 1. General, 1960s-2000 2. Donna Karan, 1993-2001
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Press kits for Calvin Klein and Joseph Abboud (1990-1997) donated by DNR magazine, 1997.
Bulk of Donna Karan materials, including videocassettes, donated by the Donna Karan Company, 1997.
Materials for Narciso Rodriguez, Calvin Klein, Patrick Robinson, Isaac Mizrahi, Joseph Abboud, and Tommy Hilfiger donated by Vanity Fair magazine, 1998.
Bruce publicity packet transferred from Fashion Design Department, 1999.
Look books for Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Celine, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Pierre Balmain, and Cynthia Rowley donated by Town & Country magazine, 2000.
- Fashion design -- Catalogs. (Subject) (Type of Material) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fashion merchandising (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fashion photographs (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Fashion shows (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lookbooks (Type of Material) Subject Source: Local sources
- Press kits (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Videotapes (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Fashion look books and merchandising collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- April 9, 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin