Interview of Liz Claiborne, 1990 July 10 and 17

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Interview of Liz Claiborne, 1990 July 10 and 17
Contributor Names
Claiborne, Liz, 1929-2007
Date
1990-07-10
Date Digitized
2020
Description
Liz Claiborne was born Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne in Brussels, Belgium, on March 31, 1929. She worked in the New York City fashion industry for 25 years before launching her own company in 1976. In 1986, Liz Claiborne, Inc. became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500 list. She was also the first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
Type
Moving Image
Oral histories
Sound
Subject
Claiborne, Liz, 1929-2007
Clothing trade
Fashion designers
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This video was produced by the Fashion Institute of Technology ("FIT") and is the property of FIT. FIT expressly prohibits the copying, displaying, or uploading to a website of any portion of this video, except for the purposes of fair use as defined in the copyright laws, without express written permission from FIT. This video has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for content in this video and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
Identifier
FIT Repository ID: aod_000829
SPARC reference code: US.NNFIT.SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.1.12

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Project of the Fashion Industries oral history series, 1977-1990

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Fashion Institute of Technology. (1990, July 10). Interview of Liz Claiborne, 1990 July 10 and 17 [Video]. Archive on Demand. https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/136197
Fashion Institute of Technology. "Interview of Liz Claiborne, 1990 July 10 and 17." Archive on Demand, 10 Jul. 1990, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/136197
Fashion Institute of Technology, "Interview of Liz Claiborne, 1990 July 10 and 17," Archive on Demand, July 10, 1990, video, https://archiveondemand.fitnyc.edu/item/136197