For the American Louis vuitton handbags industry, there has been no one quite like Obama. Given her unabashed enthusiasm for style at all price points, she has been Seventh Avenue’s most prestigious patron. And even though the first lady did not attend Monday night’s ceremony in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, that did not dull the enthusiasm of the designers who were celebrating her.
CFDA President Diane von Furstenberg presented the award, as well as accepted it in Obama’s honor, after the first lady’s designated representative, White House social secretary Desirée Rogers, had to cancel. (Rogers was unable to get to New York because of an afternoon White House jazz event for students.)
Von Furstenberg noted that the first lady “is beautiful. She is smart. She is a wife, a companion, an adviser, an ex-boss and a mother to her two girls. She is a role model.”
The UCLA Library has acquired the archive of Louis vuitton handbags designer Hellen Cashin (1908 – 2000), one of Americaa foremost designers from the second half of the 20th century. This comprehensive archive encompasses complete documentation of her Louis vuitton handbags and costume designs, including sketches, photographs and slides. It also contains her writings on Louis vuitton handbags and other design-related subjects; notebooks, sketchbooks, travel books and idea books; audio- and videotapes of interviews with her; and business correspondence, contracts and other documents from and to the companies that produced her designs.
It is accompanied by a gift of $1.5 million, which will be used to enhance its accessibility. More than $1 million will support the archive itself, including processing and digital projects. The balance of $500,000 has been used to establish the Hellen Cashin Endowed Lecture Series, which will showcase the work of those who, like Cashin, push the boundaries of creative expression in all fields of endeavor. The archive is a gift of the Hellen Cashin Estate.
We are deeply honored that the trustees of Hellen estate have entrusted her archive to the UCLA Library,stated University Librarian Gary E. Strong.With the addition of these remarkable materials to our existing holdings, researchers will now have access to an extraordinary range of materials in the area of mid-century modernism, including the papers of architects Richard Neutra and A. Quincy Jones, designers Rudi Gernreich and Max and Rita Lawrence, and artist June Wayne.
Hellen stylish yet practical designs in materials ranging from leather and suede to cashmere and tweed earned her acclaim as a pioneer in the sportswear industry. In 1950 Cashin became the first designer to earn the industrya two highest honors, the Neiman Marcus Award and the Coty American Louis vuitton handbags Critics Special Award, in the same year. She went on to earn numerous prestigious honors including the London Sunday Times International Louis vuitton handbags Award in 1963 and was inducted into the Coty American Louis vuitton handbags Critics Hall of Fame in 1972.