Title

Bergdorf Goodman Oral History Series: Edwin Goodman

Contributor Names

Goodman, Edwin

Steele, Valerie

Ellis, Estelle (Interviewer)

Goodman, Nena

Date

1994-07

Date Digitized

2020

Description

Valerie Steele and Estelle Ellis interview Edwin Goodman, grandson of the founder of the Bergdorf Goodman department store. Edwin was interviewed with his mother, Nena Goodman, wife to Andrew Goodman, in the room, and speaks up periodically in the beginning and the end of Edwin's interview. Edwin speaks of his short stint working for the store, and candidly speaks of why he didn't stay on. He talks about the fashion industry, his time at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and his family.

Type

Moving Image

Oral histories

Sound

Subject

Fashion

Business

Department stores

Clothing trade

Bergdorf Goodman (New York, N.Y.)

Goodman, Edwin

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000084

SPARC reference code: US.NNFIT.SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.2.2