Scope and Contents In this audio recording, fashion designer and Parsons School of Design alumna Adri discusses her project with students. There are no specific prompts, and the conversation is open-ended. Adri speaks about directions in contemporary fashion design, including adrogyny, and the overemphasis placed on the runway. There is extensive discussion about fabrics and color. The recording commences while Adri's talk is already underway. In the fashion show program, this project is titled, "Clothes as...

Scope and Contents In this audio recording, fashion designer and Parsons School of Design alumnus Jeffrey Banks discusses with students the details of a group project called "Camel Country." Students working under Banks' direction will create sportswear using three colors: camel, whiskey, and/or palomino. A question and answer session follows Banks' project description, during which students ask Banks and their instructors, possibly Marie Essex and Frank Rizzo, about the project. Students then proceed to work...

Scope and Contents In this audio recording, fashion designer and Parsons School of Design alumnus Albert Capraro introduces his project based on painting and flowers. Although the recording begins while the critic direction is already underway, Capraro, professors Frank Rizzo and Marie Essex, and students appear to be discussing how students could use a computer laboratory to produce their own fabrics. Capraro asks the students to remain unstructured and not to get caught up in detail. He suggests that...

Scope and Contents In this audio recording, fashion designer and Parsons School of Design alumnus Louis Dell'Olio discusses two ideas for student projects, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "Homage to Gernreich," and asks for feedback from students about which project they would like to do. Following a question and answer session in which the voice of a professor, possibly Marie Essex, is heard, they select, "Homage to Rudi Gernreich." In the course of the session, Dell'Olio relates information about Rudi...

Scope and Contents In this audio recording, fashion designer Stan Herman provides a detailed personal biography, explaining why and how he started in the fashion industry and traces the successes and failures of his career on Seventh Avenue. He inquires about the lives of the students in the class. Herman proposes that his project, "The Shape of the Nineties," will focus on silhouettes and shapes. The sound quality of this recording is poor. This recording may have been made on October 11, 1994. In the fashion...

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In this audio recording, Parsons School of Design alumna and fashion designer Robin Howe discusses ideas for a student project based on "a jacket theme" with a black and white color palette. The sound quality of this recording is poor, with abundant static in the background. In the fashion show program, this project is titled, "Color Spiked Black."

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In this audio recording, fashion designer Michael Kors outlines his ideas for a student project that will result in modern workwear for a "cool" woman -- a female boss -- using bias cut fabric in black and white to reflect the reality of which colors urban dwellers wear to work. Students then ask questions about the project. In the fashion show program, this project is titled, "Bias in Black & White."

Scope and Contents In this audio recording, fashion designer and Parsons School of Design alumnus Isaac Mizrahi introduces his student project, a glossy, "glitzy," colorful women's workwear ensemble exhibiting sportswear elements and an autumn feel. He emphasizes employing fabrics that students may not purchase through traditional sources, such as a tablecloth. Mizrahi and the instructors, probably Marie Essex and Frank Rizzo, converse about how the students should present their ideas to Mizrahi. Students then...

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In this audio recording, fashion designer Mary Ann Restivo describes a student project using "soft naked wools" in navy, white, and pastel. Students then ask questions about the project. The sound quality of this recording is muffled, with significant background static. In the fashion show program, this project is titled, "A Menswear Influence."

Scope and Contents In this audio recording, fashion designer and Parsons School of Design alumna Adri describes her project, titled, "Circa 2000: New Designers Sign in." She stresses her philosophy of "non-seasonal thinking" and discusses the state of the fashion industry, as well as where she thinks it will be in five years. Students then ask questions about her project. A voice, probably that of Frank Rizzo, mentions that he and Adri were friends when they were students. In the fashion show program, this...