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FIT Special Collections & College Archives
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Special Collections and College Archives (SPARC) at the Fashion Institute of Technology, a unit of Gladys Marcus Library, is a highly-specialized repository of primary source research materials related to the fields of fashion and design.
The videos on this channel are a part of the Oral History project. The Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries contains over 300 interviews by prominent 20th-century fashion industry insiders. In-depth interviews with individuals in every segment of the fashion business create a broad historical record that is drawn directly from the knowledgeable, informal, and often, colorful verbalization of its practitioners. The Oral History Project is a unique record of facts, ways and means, points of view, practice and personality that could be preserved in no other way.
The videos on this channel are a part of the Oral History project. The Oral History Project of the Fashion Industries contains over 300 interviews by prominent 20th-century fashion industry insiders. In-depth interviews with individuals in every segment of the fashion business create a broad historical record that is drawn directly from the knowledgeable, informal, and often, colorful verbalization of its practitioners. The Oral History Project is a unique record of facts, ways and means, points of view, practice and personality that could be preserved in no other way.
Karen Trivette interview, 2024 April 23
DATE INTERVIEWED: 2024 April 23
SUMMARY: In this interview, the head of the Special Collections and College Archives unit of the FIT Library recounts her life leading up to her work as an archivist in fashion on the eve of her retirement.
BIOGRAPHY: Karen Trivette has been the head of the Special Collections and College Archives unit of the FIT Library since 2008, and has championed the FIT oral history collection, both in its preservation and its continuation.
For more information on the SPARC’s Oral History collections, please visit our website:
www.fitnyc.edu/library/sparc/
SPARC ID: US.NNFIT.SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.42
SUMMARY: In this interview, the head of the Special Collections and College Archives unit of the FIT Library recounts her life leading up to her work as an archivist in fashion on the eve of her retirement.
BIOGRAPHY: Karen Trivette has been the head of the Special Collections and College Archives unit of the FIT Library since 2008, and has championed the FIT oral history collection, both in its preservation and its continuation.
For more information on the SPARC’s Oral History collections, please visit our website:
www.fitnyc.edu/library/sparc/
SPARC ID: US.NNFIT.SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.10.42
มุมมอง: 89
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Robert Vassalotti interview, 2024 May 15
มุมมอง 263 หลายเดือนก่อน
DATE INTERVIEWED: 2024 May 15 SUMMARY: In this interview, Professor Robert Vasselotti discusses his life, his career in merchandising and marketing, and his time teaching at FIT. BIOGRAPHY: Professor Vassalotti is a seasoned managerial merchant who has worked with three large department stores and specialized in retail buying and merchandising, both nationally and internationally. He is experie...
Karl Gernot Kuehn interview, 1987
มุมมอง 434 หลายเดือนก่อน
DATE INTERVIEWED: 1987 BIOGRAPHY: Karl Gernot Kuehn is an internationally known photographer and scholar who teaches history of photography at California State Northridge and UCL. German born, Gernot Kuehn studied at USC and California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), taking cinema and American studies courses (1960-1964), and later received a BA in art (1990) and a MA in art history (199...
Bob Mackie interview, circa 1980s
มุมมอง 1079 หลายเดือนก่อน
DATE INTERVIEWED: circa 1980s SUMMARY: In this interview, Robert L. Green interviews costume and fashion designer Bob Mackie about his life and career in fashion and costume design. They discuss his methods and his experiences with specific projects and the costume industry. There are additional unidentified people who minimally take part in the conversation. BIOGRAPHY: "Bob Mackie is an intern...
Judy Ellis interview, 2018 December 13
มุมมอง 89ปีที่แล้ว
DATE INTERVIEWED: 2018 December 13 SUMMARY: In this interview, Alex Joseph interviews Judy Ellis, the founder and chair of FIT’s toy design program. Ellis discusses the first toy that she loved growing up and explores the emotional connection between a child and a toy. She then continues to talk about her various career changes growing up, the development of the toy design program, and her pers...
John Pomerantz interview, 2017 April 19
มุมมอง 112ปีที่แล้ว
DATE INTERVIEWED: 2017 April 19 SUMMARY: John Pomerantz is interviewed from the offices of the Doneger Group by Alex Joseph, Managing Editor of FIT's Hue Magazine. BIOGRAPHY: "John J. Pomerantz, president of JJP Advisory, LLC, is former chairman and chief executive officer of Leslie Fay Company, Inc., a manufacturer of women's fashions. Pomerantz retired in 2000 after more than four decades wit...
Robert Bryan interview, 2023 April 6
มุมมอง 101ปีที่แล้ว
DATE INTERVIEWED: 2023 April 6 BIOGRAPHY: Robert Bryan was born in Orlando, Florida in the late 1940s and soon after his family moved to Virginia. His passion for fashion began during his adolescence when he discovered the 1930s through Hollywood movies. He studied Art History at the University of Virginia and went to law school at the George Washington University before settling to New York in...
Michelle Handelman interview, 2023 April 21
มุมมอง 144ปีที่แล้ว
DATE INTERVIEWED: 2023 April 21 BIOGRAPHY: Michelle Handelman uses video, live performance and photography to make confrontational works that explore the sublime in its various forms of excess and nothingness. Her background is a study in opposites-raised during the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Handelman split her time between Chicago, where her mother was a fixture in the art world, and Los Angel...
FIT Soul Club Panel, February 22, 2023
มุมมอง 42ปีที่แล้ว
The Soul Club Panel featured FIT alumni Gwenveria Sargeant, Adrienne Jones, Leonard Davis, and Steven Cutting reminiscing and discussing the value of the FIT Soul Club and their relationships with its founder, Clara Branch. This lively panel took place on February 22, 2023, in the Katie Murphy Amphitheater, and was moderated by Taur Orange, Director of the Office of Educational Opportunities Pr...
Geoffrey Beene interview, 1989 March 9
มุมมอง 219ปีที่แล้ว
DATE INTERVIEWED: 1989 March 9 SUMMARY: American fashion designer Geoffrey Beene met with Mildred Finger on March 9, 1989 to discuss his life and career. Beene recalls that upon his return home from school, he would be constantly drawing; not dresses but women’s shoes. After moving to Los Angeles to continue his studies to become a doctor-it was at this point in Beene’s life that he realized be...
Hazel Bishop interview, 1981 April 17 & May 15
มุมมอง 138ปีที่แล้ว
DATE INTERVIEWED: 1981 April 17 & May 15 SUMMARY: Journalist Annette Green interviews Hazel Bishop about her work in the fragrance industry. Hazel Bishop, a pioneer in the cosmetic industry, was the founder of Hazel Bishop Inc., which developed an early indelible lipstick. She was the administrative head of Cosmetics, Fragrance, and Toiletries Curriculum of the Fashion Institute of Technology a...
Soul Club Oral History Project: Steven Cutting
มุมมอง 111ปีที่แล้ว
The Soul Club of FIT was organized in 1968 by community member Clara Branch after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clara Branch was a staff and faculty member of the Fashion Design Department who served as the club’s advisor until her retirement in 1991. The purpose of the club was to share and celebrate Black heritage and culture, and to assist students with books, materials, and mento...
Soul Club Oral History Project: Leonard Davis
มุมมอง 168ปีที่แล้ว
The Soul Club of FIT was organized in 1968 by community member Clara Branch after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clara Branch was a staff and faculty member of the Fashion Design Department who served as the club’s advisor until her retirement in 1991. The purpose of the club was to share and celebrate Black heritage and culture, and to assist students with books, materials, and mento...
Soul Club Oral History Project: Karen Curinton Rippy
มุมมอง 54ปีที่แล้ว
The Soul Club of FIT was organized in 1968 by community member Clara Branch after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clara Branch was a staff and faculty member of the Fashion Design Department who served as the club’s advisor until her retirement in 1991. The purpose of the club was to share and celebrate Black heritage and culture, and to assist students with books, materials, and mento...
Soul Club Oral History Project: Adrienne Jones
มุมมอง 45ปีที่แล้ว
The Soul Club of FIT was organized in 1968 by community member Clara Branch after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Clara Branch was a staff and faculty member of the Fashion Design Department who served as the club’s advisor until her retirement in 1991. The purpose of the club was to share and celebrate Black heritage and culture, and to assist students with books, materials, and mento...
Soul Club Oral History Project: Michael Harrell
มุมมอง 129ปีที่แล้ว
Soul Club Oral History Project: Michael Harrell
Soul Club Oral History Project: Sherri Hobson
มุมมอง 50ปีที่แล้ว
Soul Club Oral History Project: Sherri Hobson
Soul Club Oral History Project: Gwenveria Sargeant
มุมมอง 47ปีที่แล้ว
Soul Club Oral History Project: Gwenveria Sargeant
Geraldine Stutz interview, 1979 November 13
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Geraldine Stutz interview, 1979 November 13
Laura Pomerantz interview, 1988 January 27
มุมมอง 57ปีที่แล้ว
Laura Pomerantz interview, 1988 January 27
Charlotte Kramer, Janet Reis, Sid Mayar interviews, 1989 November 29
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Charlotte Kramer, Janet Reis, Sid Mayar interviews, 1989 November 29
Steven Stipelman interview, 2022 May 31
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Steven Stipelman interview, 2022 May 31
Jay Rossbach interview, 1990 February 20
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Jay Rossbach interview, 1990 February 20
Paul Leblang interview, 1989 December 28
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Paul Leblang interview, 1989 December 28
Patricia Zipprodt interview, 1979 December 12
มุมมอง 1322 ปีที่แล้ว
Patricia Zipprodt interview, 1979 December 12
Interview of Joyce F. Brown, 2019 July 17
มุมมอง 3353 ปีที่แล้ว
Interview of Joyce F. Brown, 2019 July 17
Zoe Yang - MIAP Thesis - 2021 | SPARC Audiovisual Collection Assessment
มุมมอง 323 ปีที่แล้ว
Zoe Yang - MIAP Thesis - 2021 | SPARC Audiovisual Collection Assessment
FIT Special Collection and College Archives: Fall 2021 College Archives Tour with James Ferguson
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FIT Special Collection and College Archives: Fall 2021 College Archives Tour with James Ferguson
What an amazing guy!!
Very surprising interview, so nice to hear Princess Grace' s voice
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Such a lame presentation of such an iconic brand. The “narrator” is terrible
This is a treasure.
Lol weird interview
P r o m o S M 😞
Judy Ellis is an amazing teacher and force in the world. She was my teacher at Parson's School of Design back in 1979, and as she says in this interview, she treats her students as family. Her support of me in a difficult time helped me to succeed emotionally and professionally. She took me out to dinner and asked me to teach her High School Saturday program at FIT, which I was honored to do. That was many years ago, but I often think of her and am grateful for all that she is. Thank you Judy, hugs to you from Jean Brady.
❤ The Brilliant BONNIE CASHIN #BonnieCashin @BonnieCashin (& 1st 'Here')
Thank you so much for Posing this conversation. Love the personal inspirations and perspectives.
Two years, more like soon to be 3 years and no comments? April's Presentation deserves a decent camera with ND and Polarizing Filters and a Lapel Microphone. Then these presentations should be promoted for wider Distibution. There are many more people that would enjoy this fabulous content. Since some of these portfolios are falling apart anyway and April was wearing gloves there would be no harm to remove the photos and illustrations for the brief time it would take to photograph or video them, so you don't have that reflection. Otherwise, the ND and Polarizing Filter on an actual camera not a phone. Please take this constructively. I love the content and the presentation style.
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Love ❤❤❤❤Ms. Orange!!! Her voice is just beautiful.
so good to find this. I knew Al as he was a visiting artist when I was a greduate student in painting at Parsons. A great teacher , painter and friend...miss him. Thank you for this interview.
I had the displeasure of being a student under Jack Rittenberg in the early 1990s. I was much older than the other students in my division, Illustration, and was being bullied by three students who were at least 10 years younger than me. When I got punched in the face after 1-1/2 years of bullying by one of the students, and then the threat of being beaten up by one of the other three, I went to Rittenberg. Rittenberg and his misguided, lousy little assistant blamed me for the bullying. It was not at all my fault. The ringleader of the three bullies was jealous of me as I was winning most of the contests for students at F.I.T. The things he said to me were horrible. He was a horrible person. In 1992 I had occasion to run into him. He smiled at me, not remembering who I was. I glared at him angrily, and watched as his face fell and a chill went through him when he realized who I was. I can only hope that hastened his death. What a toxic bag of proteins this guy was. I had been at F.I.T. many years before and was not able to finish due to not being able to afford the tuition and supplies, so I had to drop out. I was finally able to go straight through from 1988 - 1991 and graduated with a B.F.A. and a 3.67 GPA. F.I.T. made sure they withheld .03 points off my GPA so I could not graduate Summa Cum Laude, which I had worked hard for and earned. I was fortunate to be at F.I.T. years earlier when Dean Streiter was there in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Streiter was a great Dean, and a truly caring person. I feel confident that if he had been Dean while these three girls were bullying me, that they would have been shut down, and quickly.
Dear Ms. Friedman: I am so very sorry for any pain this interview caused you. Please know that we completely appreciate and validate your memories. We are thrilled that you were clearly able to more than rise above the trauma to graduate and with such a stellar record of achievement. If you are local or ever in the area, we would love to host your visit to the Library Special Collections. Thank you for your candid response, which is now a part of our historical record.
I always loved her theory….Making lemonade from lemons.
I used to work for Dressbarn. I always enjoyed telling the story and very proud to work for the company as an Assistant manager . So sorry the stores had to close. I miss my store.
I loved, lover loved this interview, I listened from start to finish, laughed cried, and enjoyed in throughtly. Bravo Bravo, Bravo
Que voz más maravillosa la de la princesa Grace! 😘😘😘
Will be taking your course this fall and I'm very excited :)
Such a fine lady Mrs. Jaffe. I feel terrible her stupid son with the big ego destroyed the company.
Enjoyed this interview from an admirable, plain-spoken, hardworking entrepreneur. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What happened to the ending? Just stopped mid sentence.
Wish we could answer that question. Many of the older interviews we have are cut off somewhere in the recording. The ending may never have been caught on tape, or maybe the copy we digitized back in 2014 got snipped...there's no way of knowing.
Great conversation, especially towards the end regarding leasing.
What a great time capsule. I came to your channel and TH-cam generally to hear the history of Bergdorf building from it's inception but this was very interesting as well. Still haven't found what I came here for though.
We have more Bergdorf records in our archive. If you're in NYC, you're welcome to make an appointment to view them. Records relating to Bergdorf: atom-sparc.fitnyc.edu/informationobject/browse?topLod=0&query=bergdorf+goodman Research hours: www.fitnyc.edu/academics/library/sparc/visit/
@@fitspecialcollections Oh this is great! I'm not sure why I didn't get an alert about your message and only seeing this a year later. I'm glad I came back to re-listen! I will definitely do so. I work for Van Cleef & Arpels and am always looking for more information on our connection to BG. Many thanks.
Luckily this material is consistently being transferred to digital formats. Hope there will be one access to it as well. Such a treasure trove!
Thanks for your comment! Digitizing this rare material is actually one of our greatest challenges. We are slowly transferring it, but as Zoe mentions in her report, it needs to move more quickly before it becomes inaccessible.
What a beautiful, elegant conversation between two women who have absolutely nothing to worry about.
Eso es lo que tu crees,Grace trabajaba todo el día en instituciones benéficas,por ejemplo la Cruz Roja.
YOLANDA ROCIO FABIOLA SUZANA MARIANA BLANCA GLORIA BENDICIONES
This is so amazing! Thank you.
Glad you like it!
I want to congratulate Dr. Oliva on his Retirement and wish him continued success and happiness, as he continues his adventures! I was one of the Educators, from his time at Morris Hills and other venues in NJ Music Education. This was a wonderful interview, and a glimpse into the life of not only a talented musician, but a person who had the courage and vision to expand his horizons, take risks and assist many others to follow their dreams. I happen to be in NYC when Jack first got the FIT position. It is heartwarming to see him again after he has accomplished and succeeded in making an impact on this highly prestigious institution. I know he will continue to give of himself as he goes on in life! Thank you, Francesca Kubian-Geidel
It's a shame the interview's voice is so poorly recorded.
It is certainly frustrating, and we don't know why the videographer didn't know to mic the interviewer as well as the interviewee. The closed captions are helpful in this case.
What a treasure …grace talking fashion….
What a treasure!!
Thank you so much for sharing
Bravo Professor Tain! You are such an inspiration, thank you for having been such a wonderful teacher. 💖
Must watch conversation with some fashion illustration heavy hitters! Thank you so much for opening this dialogue!
I enjoyed listening to the interesting conversation by the panel from FIT.
Where's Part 1
Sorry for the late reply! Part 1 is here: th-cam.com/video/XHx4pS3pjas/w-d-xo.html
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Love her!! I am , who I am as a designer and professor in a large part because of Linda! She taught the boy from Catholic school to draw and think like a designer! Shmatita's 4 ever! XXOO
Same here! I looked forward to her classes and my illustration skills grew by leaps and bounds thanks to her.
Interviewer Rebecca Arnold appears not to have had any plan for getting through this interview. It's all over the place. Pity. Perhaps 'I'll just wing it' isn't the best approach to a one hour interview. Mr. Losey is remarkably patient.
good lord, why is the interviewer sitting across the room away from the microphone? talk about amateurish!
Coach Rip!!!!
No one come close to Grace
Wish there were more interviews like this . It seems as though Grace is still with us
I miss Transatlantic accents!!! Old America upper class diction.The Princess had it
She was from the East Falls section of Philadelphia. She didn’t like her Philadelphia accent and worked hard to eradicate it. The pseudo- British accent was a bit much.
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Back then rich white peoples spoke with Mid Atlantic accent such as JFK, FDR, Katherine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Jacqueline Kennedy and Kim Novak
This interview is a tréasure
Thank you.