Institutions of One × Fashion · Sources

The Myth of the Lone Fashion Genius

Institutions of One × Fashion, Carry room, dossier CA10

From RN Collins, selected work

The dossier chapter, the sources behind it, further reading and the collection images, each linked to the original.

The articleThe Myth of the Lone Fashion Genius institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Research cited

  1. FIT oral histories collection, 1967-2023. FIT Gladys Marcus Library, 1967-2023. sparc.fitnyc.edu
  2. Parsons School of Design Fashion Design Department records. The New School Archives, 1941-2008.
  3. Parsons School of Design School of Fashion records. The New School Archives, ca. 1980-2020.
  4. Joyce A. Bailey Oral History Interview. National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2016-07-11. nmaahc.si.edu
  5. Project of the Fashion Industries Oral History Series: Bonnie Cashin 1982. FIT Special Collections, 1982-05-26; digitized 2020. archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu
  6. Interview of Liz Claiborne, 1990 July 10 and 17. FIT Special Collections, 1990-07-10 and 1990-07-17. archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu
  7. FIT Oral History: Ralph Lauren. FIT Special Collections, 1990-09-05. archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu

Other sources

  1. Joyce A. Bailey Oral History Interview. National Museum of African American History and Culture, 2016. si.edu
  2. The Hidden History of American Fashion. Smithsonian Libraries, 2018. si.edu
  3. Open Access API. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, current; accessed 2026-09-07. metmuseum.github.io
  4. Smithsonian Open Access developer tools. Smithsonian Institution, current; accessed 2026-09-07. si.edu
  5. National Archives records management guidance. NARA, current; accessed 2026-09-07. archives.gov
  6. Internet Archive Scholar. Internet Archive, current; accessed 2026-09-07. scholar.archive.org
  7. J.Crew Employment Agreement: confidential creative records provisions. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 2018. sec.gov
  8. Chinese American fashion designer oral-history digitization project. National Archives and Records Administration, 2024. archives.gov
  9. Fashion at the Library. Library of Congress, current; accessed 2026-09-07. blogs.loc.gov
  10. Sustainability of Digital Formats. Library of Congress, current; accessed 2026-09-07. loc.gov
  11. The source notes for dossier CA10: every claim, its evidence label and its sources institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  12. The CA10 instrument, a working tool for this dossier institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app
  13. The rights desk: every source in the exhibition and the terms for using it institutions-of-one-fashion.vercel.app

Images, slide by slide

The cover image
House of Worth, Evening dress, ca. 1882. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.635a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record
The featured object, "Look closely"
Jeanne Hallée, Afternoon dress, ca. 1900. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009.300.3098a, b. Public Domain / Met Open Access.Public Domain / Met Open AccessPhoto record

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