Mayer School of Fashion

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The Mayer School of Fashion (formerly the Chic School of Fashion^[1]) was a career college in New York City's Garment District, which offered short term, 10 month programs in fashion illustration, pattern making, sewing, and draping. It was the only fashion college in the Garment District.^[2] It was run by Herbert Mayer.

References

↑ "Chic School Of Fashion Name Changed To Mayer." Women’s Wear Daily; New York Vol. 97, Iss. 101, (Nov 20, 1958): p. 38
↑ Romano, Alexis. “1970s Fashion and Women: Finding the Everyday at the Intersection of Image, Archive, and Oral History.” Clark, Hazel and Lauren Downing Peters Eds. Fashion in American Life. New York: Bloomsbury, 2024. pp. 203–225

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[1] "Chic School Of Fashion Name Changed To Mayer." Women’s Wear Daily; New York Vol. 97, Iss. 101, (Nov 20, 1958): p. 38

[2] Romano, Alexis. “1970s Fashion and Women: Finding the Everyday at the Intersection of Image, Archive, and Oral History.” Clark, Hazel and Lauren Downing Peters Eds. Fashion in American Life. New York: Bloomsbury, 2024. pp. 203–225

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