Fashion look books and merchandising collection, 1960s-2001 KA.0110

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1 Fashion look books and merchandising collection, 1960s-2001 KA.0110 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit February 28, 2017 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Kellen Design Archives April 9, th Ave./ lobby level New York, NY, archivist@newschool.edu

2 Table of Contents Collection Overview... 2 Scope and Contents of Collection... 3 Organization and Arrangement... 3 Administrative Information... 3 Related Materials... 4 Keywords for Searching Related Subjects... 4 Collection Inventory... 5 Series I. General... 5 Series II. Donna Karan... 7 Collection Overview Repository Kellen Design Archives Creator Parsons the New School for Design. Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Design Archives. Title Fashion look books and merchandising collection Date [bulk] Bulk, Date [inclusive] 1960s-2001 Extent 4.4 linear ft: 4 boxes Summary Contains printed and moving image publicity materials produced for late twentieth century fashion designers. Predominant designers include: Calvin Klein, Donna Karan (DKNY), Joseph Abboud, Pierre Balmain, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger. Also contains printed - Page 2 -

3 materials produced 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). Preferred Citation note [Identification of item], [date (if known)], Fashion look books and merchandising collection, KA.0110, box, folder, New School Archives and Special Collections, The New School, New York, New York. Scope and Contents of Collection The Fashion look books and merchandising collection is a collection assembled by the New School from multiple donations. The collection primarily contains look books and merchandising materials, including press kits and videotapes, dating from the 1990s, with a predominance originating in the late 1990s. Also of note is a folder of publicity materials and internal memos produced by the women's apparel retailer Bonwit Teller's fashion publicity department, including a history of the firm and a copy of an early press release for a collection by a young Calvin Klein. A number of the designers featured in the collection are former Parsons students and/or critics, including Anna Sui, Isaac Mizrahi, Marc Jacobs, Narciso Rodriguez, and Donna Karan. Also represented for multiple seasons are Joseph Abboud, Pierre Balmain, Ralph Lauren, and Tommy Hilfiger. Organization and Arrangement Organized in 2 series. The General series is arranged alphabetically by design firm; the Donna Karan series is alphabetical by format: I General, 1960s-2000 II Donna Karan, Administrative Information - Page 3 -

4 Publication Information Kellen Design Archives April 9, 2010 Conditions Governing Access note Fashion look books and merchandising collection, 1960s-2001 KA.011 Collection is open for research use. Please contact for appointment. Use Restrictions To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: Immediate Source of Acquisition note Press kits for Calvin Klein and Joseph Abboud ( ) donated by DNR magazine, Bulk of Donna Karan materials, including videocassettes, donated by the Donna Karan Company, Materials for Narciso Rodriguez, Calvin Klein, Patrick Robinson, Isaac Mizrahi, Joseph Abboud, and Tommy Hilfiger donated by Vanity Fair magazine, Bruce publicity packet transferred from Fashion Design Department, Look books for Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Celine, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Pierre Balmain, and Cynthia Rowley donated by Town & Country magazine, Related Materials Photographs of some of these designers critiquing Parsons' student work may be found in the New School Archives' Parsons School of Design photograph collection (pre-2008 accessions) (PC ). Designers with selected student work represented in the Parsons School of Design Fashion Design Department records (pre-2008 accessions)(pc ) include: Donna Karan (as Donna Faske, 1968), Marc Jacobs (1984), Isaac Mizrahi ( ), Narcisco Rodriguez ( ), and Peter Speliopoulos ( ). Keywords for Searching Related Subjects Corporate Name(s) Bonwit Teller & Co. Donna Karan Company. Genre(s) Fashion photographs. Lookbooks. - Page 4 -

5 Press kits. Videotapes. Fashion look books and merchandising collection, 1960s-2001 KA.011 Personal Name(s) Abboud, Joseph Hilfiger, Tommy Klein, Calvin, Subject(s) Fashion design -- Catalogs. Fashion merchandising. Fashion shows. Collection Inventory Series I. General 1960s-2000 Printed materials 1960s-2000 Box Anna Sui: Fall Bonwit Teller 1 2 Bruce: Spring/Summer Calvin Klein Fall Spring Fall: Neiman Marcus Collection Fall Fall : Eyewear Fall Holiday 1 11 Celine: Celine: Fall/Winter Cerruti [magazine] (Peter Speliopoulus): Spring/Summer Charles Suppon, Crazy Horse: Meredith Gladstone, 1970s black and white headshot only. Folder - Page 5 -

6 Cynthia Rowley: Fall Diane von Furstenberg, 1970s black and white headshot only. Isaac Mizrahi: 1998 Fall/Holiday 1 19 Joseph Abboud Fall Spring Fall 1 22 Louis Vuitton: Fall/Winter Marc Jacobs: Fall Mr. John, 1960s 1 25 Narciso Rodriguez: 1998 Spring/Summer 1 26 Patrick Robinson: 1998 Fall 1 27 Pierre Balmain Summer Fall/Winter Fall/Winter 1 30 Ralph Lauren : Ralph Fall Fall: Polo Jeans Fall: Lauren 1 34 Tommy Hilfiger Spring/Summer: Women's flagship collections Fall: Men's Fall: Men's Collection Fall: Tommy Fall/Holiday: Women's Fall/Holiday: Women's/Sportswear/Jeans Spring/Summer: Men Fall/Holiday: Tommy Jeans Fall: Women's Spring: Tommy Jeans 2 6 Videocassettes Box - Page 6 -

7 Anna Sui: Spring B Video, Inc. 3 Badgley Mischka: Fall B Video, Inc. 3 Badgley Mischka: Fall B Video, Inc. 3 Badgley Mischka: Spring B Video, Inc. 3 Bill Blass: Spring B Video, Inc. 3 Byron Lars: Spring B Video, Inc. 3 Calvin Klein Spring 1998 women's collection. B Video, Inc. 3 Carmelo Pomodoro: Fall April 9, 1991 Show. Video Fashion! Cynthia Rowley: Spring Gucci: Fall Isaac Mizrahi: Fall B Video, Inc. 3 Isaac Mizrahi: Spring B Video, Inc. 3 Isaia: Spring/Summer 1991 collection and accessories. Devonish Productions. Joseph Abboud J.O.E. and collection: Fall Madoff Enterprises 2 items Marc Jacobs: Spring B Video, Inc. 3 Michael Kors: Fall Michael Kors: Spring B Video, Inc. 3 Narciso Rodriguez: Spring/Summer B Video, Inc. 3 Pierre Balmain Men. Madoff Enterprises 3 Zang Toi: Fall items 3 Series II. Donna Karan Designer Donna Karan (1948- ) attended Parsons in 1968 and 1969 and has been a visiting critic since She was awarded an honorary degree in The series includes merchandising materials produced by Donna Karan New York, and includes fashion photographs, advertisements, look books, videocassettes, and press kits. Printed materials Catalogs and assorted printed materials, k_6 13 Look books, Press kits, Woman to Woman magazine, 2001 k_6 17 Videotapes Some of these videotapes may also be found in the Gimbel Library Audiovisual Collection. Box - Page 7 -

8 Spring items 4 Summer items 4 Fall items 4 Spring items 4 Fall items 4 "D" Spring 1997 runway show 2 items 4 Spring 1997 DKNY Women Image 1 item 4 Spring 1997 DKNY Women Runway International 1 item 4 Men's Spring items 3 Donna Karan's Fall Preview with Christine Kunzelman, 3 undated 1 item Christine Kunzelman is the maiden name of fashion journalist and author Christine Schwab. Donna Karan: "E! Entertainment Television, Stylemaker: Donna Karan," 2000 Apr 3 1 item 3 - Page 8 -