The Barneys Oral Histories: A Symposium
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United StatesDeveloped in response to a perceived sense of loss surrounding the closing of Barneys New York, a beloved institution. The Barneys Oral Histories were created to preserve memory and meaning. These interviews give voice to the people who worked there, buyers, creative directors, advertising executives, and visual merchandizers, whose labor shaped Barneys’ singular identity. The […]

