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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Audrey Lavinia Smaltz
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Audrey Lavinia Smaltz.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Physical Description
1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 40 min., 18 sec.)) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Stage manager and commentator Audrey Lavinia Smaltz was born on June 2, 1937 in New York City. Attending P.S. 46 and the Harriet Beecher Stowe Girls Junior High School, she graduated from New York City's High School of Music and the Performing Arts in 1955. Smaltz worked as a model and salesperson at Bloomingdale's, becoming an assistant fashion coordinator in 1964. Hired by Lane Bryant Clothing in 1965, she worked as a model, buyer and fashion coordinator. In 1969, Smaltz joined the Ebony Fashion Fair as a commentator and fashion editor. In 1977, Smaltz organized her Ground Crew team, a backstage management group which has staffed many fashion shows including those by Vera Wang, Giorgio Armani, Betsey Johnson, Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Alice Roi, Michael Kors, Luca, Nanette Lepore, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole and Ralph Rucci. Smaltz has also worked with corporations like Nike, Vogue, Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy's, and J. Crew.
Variant and related titles
History Makers video oral history with Audrey Lavinia Smaltz
Audrey Lavinia Smaltz
HistoryMakers. OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 04, 2021
Credits
Videographer, Neculai Burghelea.
Performers
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Internet videos.
Interviews.
Nonfiction films.
Oral histories.
Oral histories.
Internet videos.
Nonfiction films.
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