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Fashion shows

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Adri fashion design business records

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0107-01
Abstract

Mary Adrienne Steckling Coen (1934-2006) graduated from Parsons School of Design's Fashion Design Department in 1958. In 1966, "Adri" --her professional name-- created her own line, designing under her own labels for the rest of her career. The records document Adri's professional life, with items arranged by year and season. Includes clippings and tear sheets, photographs, press kits, sketches, swatches, and video recordings.

Dates: 1960 - 2007

Charles Gerli fashion runway slides

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0109-01
Abstract

Collection consists of photographic slides depicting fashion runway shows compiled by freelance photographer Charles Gerli. Photographs were taken by Gerli, Dan Lecca and Corina Lecca for various magazines. Designers and fashion houses represented include Bill Blass, Chanel, Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Christian Lacroix, Lanvin, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Ralph Lauren, Valentino, Adrienne Vittadini and many others.

Dates: 1991-1992

Fashion look books and merchandising collection

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0110-01
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

Fashion runway slide collection

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0016-01
Summary Saks Fifth Avenue compiled this collection of more than 1,100 slides depicting fashion runway shows in the 1990s. The 35 mm slides depict haute couture and ready-to-wear collections from an array of fashion labels, including Adrienne Vittadini, Bill Blass, Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, Issey Miyake, Max Mara, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Rifat Ozbek, Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint-Laurent, and many others. Former Parsons School of Design students...
Dates: 1990 - 2000

Helen Faith Keane fashion merchandising files

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0121-01
Summary

Helen Faith Keane (née Kahn) Reichert (1901-2011) was a professor at the New York University School of Retailing from approximately 1946 until 1977. The files consist of clippings, course materials, handwritten notes on fashion press, print publications of a vocational nature by other merchandising educators, and programs and invitations for fashion shows.

Dates: 1926 - 1996

John Weitz papers

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0047
Abstract

A leading figure in the development of American ready-to-wear clothing, John Weitz (1923-2002) created one of the first American signature menswear lines. Weitz was a visiting lecturer at Parsons School of Design from 1975 to 1995. The collection includes design drawings, exhibition files, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and audiovisual recordings of promotional campaigns, fashion shows and television commercials.

Dates: 1945 - 1998

Margaret Hodge Company project files

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0049
Summary

After graduating from Parsons School of Design in 1945, Margaret Hodge became director of fashion marketing at Vogue, and in 1967 formed her own fashion publicity firm. Hodge led various marketing campaigns integrating the fashion of Hollywood films. The collection mainly consists of Hollywood promotional material, including publicity photographs, press kits, announcements and tear sheets. Most of the material was produced from 1962 to 1976.

Dates: 1945 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1962 - 1976

Mary Ann Restivo fashion runway video recordings

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Identifier: KA-0073-01
Summary

The collection consists of thirteen video recordings documenting Mary Ann Restivo, Inc. fashion shows spanning the 1980s into Fall 1990.

Dates: 1982 - 1990

New School Communications and External Affairs photographs

 Record Group
Identifier: NS-03-01-09
Summary This record group consists of photographic records created, commissioned and compiled by The New School's Communications and External Affairs office. The collection consists of images of campus facilities, faculty and administrators, dominated by images of Parsons School of Design classes, the Parsons fashion critics awards, commencement ceremonies, and guests of Inside the Actors Studio. While there are photographs from earlier decades, the prints, negatives, transparencies, and thumbnail...
Dates: 1930-2005; Majority of material found within 1980-2005

Norman Norell collection

 Collection
Identifier: KA-0035-01
Abstract

Norman Norell (1900-1972) was the first American fashion designer to compete successfully with French couture. In 1943, he received the first Coty American Fashion Critics Award, and was inducted into the Coty Hall of Fame in 1956. Norell served as a visiting critic at Parsons School of Design from 1943 to 1972. The collection includes biographical material, clippings, sketches, photographs, scrapbooks, and five examples of Norell's clothing.

Dates: 1941 - 1974