Fashion Group
Encyclopedia
The Fashion Group International is a global, non-profit, professional
organization for the fashion
industry founded in 1930.
Founding and charter members included Elizabeth Arden
, Julia Coburn, Eleanor Roosevelt
, Helena Rubinstein
, Lilly Dache
, Edith Head
, Mary Brooks Picken
, Claire McCardell
and Tobé Coller Davis
.
The Fashion Group's archive
s, spanning six decades of the fashion industry, are now housed at the New York Public Library
.
organization for the fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
industry founded in 1930.
Founding and charter members included Elizabeth Arden
Elizabeth Arden
Florence Nightingale Graham , who went by the business name Elizabeth Arden, was a Canadian-American businesswoman who built a cosmetics empire in the United States. At the peak of her career, she was one of the wealthiest women in the world.-Biography:Arden was born in 1884 at Woodbridge, Ontario,...
, Julia Coburn, Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husband's death in 1945, Roosevelt continued to be an international...
, Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein
Helena Rubinstein , a Polish born Australian-American business magnate. She is the founder and eponym of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, which made her one of the world's richest women.-Early life:...
, Lilly Dache
Lilly Daché
Lilly Daché was a French milliner and fashion designer.She was born in Bègles, Gironde, France, and began her fashion career there at the age of 15 as a milliner, apprenticed under Caroline Reboux and Suzanne Talbot. Although she is said to have emigrated to the United States in 1924, the 1930 U.S...
, Edith Head
Edith Head
Edith Head was an American costume designer who won eight Academy Awards, more than any other woman.-Early life and career:...
, Mary Brooks Picken
Mary Brooks Picken
Mary Brooks Picken was an influential American author of numerous books on needlework, sewing, and textile arts. Born in Aug. 6 1886, she founded the Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences in Scranton, PA. A fashion expert and author, Picken was an authority on dress, fabric, design, and...
, Claire McCardell
Claire McCardell
Claire McCardell was an American fashion designer in the arena of ready-to-wear clothing in the 20th century. From the 1930s to the 1950s, she was known for designing functional, affordable, and stylish women’s sportswear within the constraints of mass-production, and is today acknowledged as the...
and Tobé Coller Davis
Tobé Coller Davis
Tobe Coller Davis more commonly known as Miss Tobe was an internationally known fashion authority who founded The Tobé-Coburn School for Fashion Careers and the Tobe Report, one of the world's most prestigious fashion merchandising consulting companies...
.
The Fashion Group's archive
Archive
An archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of an organization...
s, spanning six decades of the fashion industry, are now housed at the New York Public Library
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is the largest public library in North America and is one of the United States' most significant research libraries...
.