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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Barbara Bates
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Barbara Bates.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 53 min., 50 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Fashion designer Barbara Bates was born on June 27, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Bates went through Chicago's public school system and graduated from Marshall High School in 1962. In 1984, while working as a secretary for the First National Bank of Chicago, Bates began selling the clothing she made to coworkers during lunchtime. This led Bates to design clothes full-time and, two years later, she opened a 700-square foot showroom. In 1999, Bates founded the Bates Foundation to provide custom prom dresses to underprivileged or hard-to-fit young women from inner-city schools in Chicago. Bates' desire to make dresses for these women comes primarily from her own trials as a teen mother. Bates Designs continues to be a leader in the world of fashion. Exotic fabrics and leather trim are among the hallmarks of her designs. Bates has outfitted numerous celebrities, including Sinbad, Michael Jordan, Whitney Houston and Mike Tyson.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Barbara Bates
Barbara Bates
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
Performers
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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