Tag: American fashion

  • Oral History Project of the Creative Industries

    Oral History Project of the Creative Industries

      Beginning in the late 1970s, FIT library director John Touhey initiated the collection of oral histories as told by prominent members of the American fashion industry.  Over the course of several decades, fashion designers, department store executives, Hollywood costume designers, models and style icons all generously agreed to sit down and speak about their…

  • The Glamour Gowns of Joseph Whitehead

          While is it true during the 1920s and 1930s, that Paris couture was a rich source of design inspiration, the garment industry in the United States—particularly in the realm of manufacturing—was a robust, thriving segment of our nation’s economy.  Homegrown designers may not have been the first to garner the adoration and…