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Tag: Fashion History

  • July 9, 2015March 15, 2016
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The Myth of Poiret as Debunked by 1906

  • Fashion

As a fashion historian, working in a Special Collections unit which focuses almost entirely on the history of design, is both a fantastic job and a wonderful education in its own right.  The objects which encompass my day-to-day routine continually reveal the inconsistencies, holes or […]

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  • June 2, 2015July 9, 2015
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Oral History Project of the Creative Industries

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  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 […]

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