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Joint interview of Parson School of Design student, Frances Plonka, with designer Oscar De La Renta and writer Lois Wyse. Plonka was the recipient of the Student Designer of the Year Award for 1977. A fashion show follows the interview.

Scope and Contents The first segment of a two-part video of the Parsons School of Design annual fashion show for 1983. The event honors Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, publisher of the New York Times. Marvin S. Traub, chairman of Bloomingdale's, presents the Parsons Award to Sulzberger. Fashion editor Edith Raymond Locke announces the runway show. This is the first annual show with Frank Rizzo as dean of the Fashion Design Department. Footage ends midway through the show.The...

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Video of the Parsons School of Design jury of selection show. The video features designs and award winners selected for the annual Fashion Critics Awards. The runway show is announced by Frank Rizzo, chairman of the Fashion Design Department. Footage begins midway through the runway show.

Scope and Contents Video of the Parsons School of Design annual fashion show. The event honors the department store B. Altman & Co. The show includes a moment of silence in memory of designer Willi Smith, who passed away that year. Smith was a former Parsons student who later returned as a visiting critic. His students' designs appear in the show. Alex Fung and Kristin Caskey jointly receive the Student Designer of the Year Award. Fashion editor Edith Raymond Locke announces the runway show. Designer...

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Video of the Parsons School of Design annual junior class runway show. The video is narrated by a student at Parsons. In the video, Frank Rizzo, chair of the Fashion Design Department, announces the Silver Thimble Awards.

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A video of a fashion show at Parsons Paris. The video opens with a montage of fashion illustrations, studio shots, and footage of models being prepped. During the show, models walk through a seated audience in an ornately decorated room.

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Video of Parsons School of Design junior class annual fashion runway show at the Fashion Education Center. Frank Rizzo, chair of the Fashion Design Department, is the announcer. Rizzo also presents awards from the Mohair Council of America and the Silver Thimble Awards.

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Video of the annual Parsons School of Design junior class runway show. The video begins with footage of preparation for the show, including shots of fashion sketches. The video concludes with a slides of finished designs. Marie Essex, chair of Fashion Design Department, announces the Silver Thimble Awards.

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Video of a critic review session with designer Michael Kors and Marie Essex, chair of the Fashion Design Department, at Parsons School of Design. In the video Kors critiques students' fashion illustrations. The video ends with an interview of designer and Parsons alumna, Cynthia Steffe. In the interview, Steffe recalls a challenge she posed to Parsons students, in which students were asked to make garments from discarded materials.

Scope and Contents The first segment of a two-part video of a Parsons School of Design critics review session. Isaac Mizrahi is the first critic featured. Adrianne Curry, later a contestant on the first season of the reality TV show America's Next Top Model, appears in the video as a model.The final segment of a two-part video of a Parsons School of Design critics review session. The video begins midway through a critique of student work by Isaac Mizrahi. Critique...