{"value"=>"<p>Series covers the decades from the 1940s through the 1990s. The subjects of the black and white photographic prints are designers who achieved prominence in decades past, as well as important contemporary designers. Some of the folders contain no images. In these instances, a biographical sketch or article about the designer is provided. The bulk of the designers represented are American; European designers are included to a lesser extent. A sampling of the designers represented in the series includes: John Anthony, Geoffrey Beene, Bill Blass, Donald Brooks, Liz Claiborne and Bob Abajian, Perry Ellis, Donna Karan, Anne Fogarty, Diane Von Furstenberg, Halston, Marc Jacobs, Betsey Johnson, Patrick Kelly, Calvin Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, Kenneth Jay Lane, Ralph Lauren, Carol Little, Bob Mackie, Mary McFadden, Vera Maxwell, Isaac Mizrahi, Danny & Annette Noble, Mollie Parnis, Paloma Picasso, Oscar de la Renta, Carolyn Roehm, Sonia Rykiel, Giorgio di Sant Angelo, Yves St. Laurent, Willi Smith, Valentino and Adrienne Vittadini.</p>"}