Bernadine Morris née Taub was a New York Times fashion critic and journalist who influenced women's fashion.
Bernadine Morris | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bernadine Taub Harlem, New York |
| Died | January 12, 2018 (aged 92) |
Early life and education
editShe was born in 1925 in Harlem, New York. Morris earned an undergraduate degree from Hunter College in 1945, and then went on to earn a master's degree from New York University.[1]
Career
editMorris started working in fashion weekly magazines at Millinery Research. She went on to write for Women's Wear Daily[2] where she started as a dress editor working on what she called "cheap dresses".[3] She also wrote for Fashion Trades, and The New York Journal-American, before joining the staff at The New York Times in 1963.[1] Morris attended fashion shows in multiple countries, including within the United States,[4] Europe,[5] and Britain where she had been invited by Margaret Thatcher.[6]
In 1980, Morris wrote "While short skirts may seem déjà vu, short pants have a lively, contemporary air"[7] which was later used in the definition of the phrase déjà vu in Merriam Webster's Dictionary.[8]
Selected publications
edit- Morris, Bernadine (1978). The fashion makers (1st ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-41166-8. OCLC 3481954.[9]
- Morris, Bernadine (1996). Scaasi a cut above. ISBN 0-8478-1987-6. OCLC 845165772.[10]
- Morris, Bernadine; Mirabella, Grace (1996). Valentino. Saron Hughes (Translator). Universe/Vendome, New York, NY. ISBN 9780500017562. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
Awards and honors
editIn recognition of her contributions to the fashion industry, Bernadine won the Medal of the City of Paris in 1985.[11] She was recognized by the Council of Fashion Designers of America in the 1987 awards ceremony.[12] In 1994 the city of Milan awarded Morris with a gold medal in recognition of her work in the fashion industry.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b Roberts, Sam (2018-01-25). "Bernadine Morris, Veteran Observer of Fashion, Dies at 92". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ "The Fashion Press". The Miami Herald; Miami, Florida. August 18, 1985. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (2018-01-26). "Bernadine Morris Dies at 92". WWD. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
- ^ Kolb, Steven (January 27, 2018). "Remembering Bernadine Morris". cfda.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Rubin, Bonnie Miller (March 2, 1983). "Practical fashion writer puts little stock in fluctuating hemlines". Star Tribune; Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp. [1], [2]. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ "A transatlantic view". Birmingham Post Birmingham, West Midlands, England. May 28, 1994. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Morris, Bernadine (1980-11-18). "Short Pants Return, but With a Difference; The Look of an Era Not Necessarily Revealing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Merriam-Webster's dictionary of English usage. Merriam-Webster Inc Springfield, Mass. 1994. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-87779-132-4.
- ^ Reviews for The Fashion Makers
- Jeannin, Judy (1978-05-22). "Behind the design". The Record Hackensack, New Jersey. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- Siegel, Margot (May 19, 1978). "Designer 'catalog' just an ego booster". Star Tribune ; Minneapolis, Minnesota. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- Lambert, Elenaor (May 9, 1978). "American designers revealed in photos, essays". The Daily Tribune; Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Reviews for Scaasi a cut above
- Stuttaford, Genevieve (October 14, 1996). "Scaasi: A Cut Above". Publishers Weekly. 243 (42): 71.
- ^ Ap (1985-09-24). "IN PARIS, A FASHIOPN PARADE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
- ^ Hyde, Nina (6 December 1987). "Fashion Notes". The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext); Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C]. pp. g03 – via Proquest.
- ^ "People". International Herald Tribune. 6 October 1994. p. 20 – via ProQuest.