I was contacted by a researcher from the Harvard Business School looking
for images of Liz Claiborne's early work. We weren't able to help him---
and it seems he's already looked through secondary sources and
periodicals with no luck.
He is looking for
*color photos of her first blouse and clothes, 1977
*color photos of women's dresses for the office, 1980-1985
He already has a charcoal drawing from an article in The New York Times
of a woman wearing culottes from 1977 line and images taken from the
cover of a McCall's dress pattern packet from 1983.
Apparently, "Liz did not start advertising until 1983, and it was her
shoe line at that, the two images noted above have been very hard to
find."
If anyone has suggestions, please contact Mark Benson, (617) 495-6509,
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Thanks!
Amy
Amy Schofield
Reference Librarian / Acting Director
Adam and Sophie Gimbel Library
The New School Libraries
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New York, NY 10011
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212-229-2806 (fax)
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