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October Treasure of the Month
Bonnie Cashin Sketch Collection At Special Collections and FIT Archive Bonnie Cashin Sketch- "Noah Coat". "Noh coat in the thickest most marvelous stand-alone wool- made for us alone" Signed by Cashin....
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New Exhibition: Incomparable Women of Style
Incomparable Women of Style Selections from the Rose Hartman Photography Archives, 1977-2011 On View in FIT’s Gladys Marcus Library November 4, 2011-January 20, 2012 (text from press...
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December Treasure of the Month
What are you wearing to your New Year’s Eve party? undecided? Here are some ideas from the Bergdorf Goodman Archives, now at FIT’s Special Collections. These dresses and others were available for...
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January Treasure of the Month:The Golden Age of Pochoir
By Cassidy Zachary In the 1910s and 20s, there was an outpouring of luxury, limited-edition publications which utilized a hand-stenciling technique known as pochoir (French for “stencil”). The...
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March Treasure of The Month- André Studios
I am especially thrilled to introduce this month’s treasure, as I was one the many who worked on this wonderful project. This is a collaboration between the Picture Collection of The New York Public...
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Fashion in Black & White- Part IV, Graphics
This is the last and final part of the special four-parts post Fashion in Black & White. In the past three weeks, I have attempted to show that the combination of black and white is a theme most,...
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Then & Now
(left) Cornelis de Vos (Flemish, Hulst 1584/85–1651 Antwerp), Portrait of a Young Woman, Oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accession Number: 71.46. (right) Jacques Fath (Designed in...
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October Treasure of the Month: Monte Santo & Pruzan
This month’s treasure comes from Special Collections and FIT Archives. It features the wonderful sketches and swatches collection of the coats and suits manufacturer Monte Santo & Pruzan. Monte...
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Mystery Monday: Halston, The Hat Man
Halston for Bergdorf Goodman. Sketch of a leopard skin shaped toque, Fall 1960. Pencil and watercolor, 5.5″ x 7″. From The Halston Hats Collection at the FIT Library Department of Special Collections....
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On this day in fashion history…
On this day in fashion history, May 9, 1912, the first issue of poet Pierre Corrard’s luxury fashion almanac Modes et manières d’aujourd’hui (Fashion and manners of today) was published. Illustration...
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