When Halston and Calvin Klein established their fashion houses, positioning themselves as the ultimate tastemakers of the American fashion world, Norman Norell (1900-1972), thirty years their senior worked hard and privately at his atelier, designing chic, elegant fashion, quietly shaping the notion of American style; for this, he is called ‘Dean of American Fashion’ in a spectacular exhibition, opened at the Museum at FIT a couple of weeks ago.
The Dean of American Fashion
When Halston and Calvin Klein established their fashion houses, positioning themselves as the ultimate tastemakers of the American fashion world, Norman Norell (1900-1972), thirty years their senior worked hard and privately at his atelier, designing chic, elegant fashion, quietly shaping the notion of American style; for this, he is called ‘Dean of American Fashion’ in a spectacular exhibition, opened at the Museum at FIT a couple of weeks ago.