Mayer School of Fashion Design

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The Mayer School of Fashion Design (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.^[2] It was the only fashion college in the Garment District.^[3] 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
↑ Nelson-Henrick, Shaun (13 September 1976). "As you sew, so shall you reap". New York Magazine . New York Media. pp. 81–82.
↑ Romano, Alexis (19 September 2024). "1970s Fashion and Women: Finding the Everyday at the Intersection of Image, Archive, and Oral History.". In Clark, Hazel; Peters, Lauren Downing (eds.). Fashion in American Life. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-33195-2. After these experiences she landed in New York to study at the Mayer School of Fashion Design to get a "hands on" education in illustration, sewing, draping, and patternmaking, as she already had a degree in philosophy. This was the only design school located in the garment center, and after a ten-month course she had acquired the skills to find work there.

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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] Nelson-Henrick, Shaun (13 September 1976). "As you sew, so shall you reap". New York Magazine . New York Media. pp. 81–82.

[3] Romano, Alexis (19 September 2024). "1970s Fashion and Women: Finding the Everyday at the Intersection of Image, Archive, and Oral History.". In Clark, Hazel; Peters, Lauren Downing (eds.). Fashion in American Life. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-350-33195-2. After these experiences she landed in New York to study at the Mayer School of Fashion Design to get a "hands on" education in illustration, sewing, draping, and patternmaking, as she already had a degree in philosophy. This was the only design school located in the garment center, and after a ten-month course she had acquired the skills to find work there.

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