the world still looks to paris as the source of creative fashion, a position it s maintained for centuries. before the war, american fashion wasn t even registering on the map. there were only two magazines that controlled fashion in america for women, and it was harpers bazaar and vogue, and they didn t care about american fashion. it was very boring for them. but eleanor lambert changed everything. eleanor lambert was a trailblazer. she saw an opportunity for american fashion. she was really the first american fashion publicist. an incredible public relations powerhouse. eleanor was an art student at chicago art institute. she came to new york and got a job working for a publicist. at the time, opera stars were
the world still looks to paris as the source of creative fashion, a position it s maintained for centuries. before the war, american fashion wasn t even registering on the map. there were only two magazines that controlled fashion in america for women, and it was harpers bizarre and vogue, and they didn t care about american fashion. it was very boring for them. but eleanor lambert changed everything. eleanor lambert was a trailblazer. she saw an opportunity for american fashion. she was really the first american fashion publicist. an incredible public relations powerhouse. eleanor was an art student at chicago art institute. she came to new york and got a job working for a publicist. at the time, opera stars were the biggest stars of the day, and she was promoting them. her boss noticed she was a good
chicago art institute. she came to new york and got a job working for a publicist. opera stars were the biggest stars of the day and she was promoting them. her boss noticed she was a good publicist. so he said i will give you a desk and a phone, but you can t represent are opera sungers. you have to find another kind of client client. she said what should i do? she said i love art. she within the up to 57th street and signed up five artists and became a very successful publicist for artists. she was the first publicist for artists. adele simpson, who was a fashion designer, came to her and said, hey, american fashion is really strange because the garment manufacturers don t promote the designers. they don t even know their names. we need to be promoted too. and the french designers get a the lot of attention, but we