William Frawley fashion sketches
- Collection Overview
- Biographical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Administrative Information
- Related Materials
- Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
- Collection Inventory
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Guide to the William Frawley fashion sketches, before 2000
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Kellen Design Archives
- Creator
- Frawley, William
- Title
- William Frawley fashion sketches
- Extent
- 0.3 linear ft: 8 illustrations
- Summary
- Contains eight watercolor sketches by Frawley, who graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1983 and returned as an instructor from 1989 to 1996. Frawley is known for his illustrations in Parsons classmate Isaac Mizrahi's The Adventures of Sandee the Supermodel.
Biographical note
William Frawley graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1983 with a BFA in Fashion Design and worked as a designer for Perry Ellis during the remainder of the decade. In 1989, he began a freelance design career, designing for clients such as Gordon Henderson, Liz Claibourne, Isaac Mizrahi, The Limited, Lantis Eyeware, and 9 West/Jones Apparel Group, where he served as creative director for Anne Klein, among other brands. In 2009, Frawley established his own company, specializing in shoes, bags, and accessories.
In addition to designing, Frawley illustrated Parsons classmate Isaac Mizrahi's comic book The Adventures of Sandee the Super Model (1997) and taught in Parsons' Fashion Design Department.
Scope and Contents note
The sketches, measuring 23 x 30 cm and executed in watercolor and pencil, depict women's apparel.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Kellen Design Archives July 26, 2010
66 5th Ave./lobby level/
New York, NY, 10011
212.229.5942
archivist@newschool.edu
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the Kellen Design Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Received from Parsons School of Design Fashion Design Department, 2000.
Related Materials
Slides of Frawley acting as a visiting critic for the Parsons School of Design Fashion Design Department will be found in the Kellen Design Archives' Slide Collection (PIC.04).
Keywords for Searching Related Subjects
Genre(s)
- Sketches.
Occupation(s)
- Fashion designers.
Subject(s)
- Fashion design.
- Women's clothing -- United States -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
Collection Inventory
| Title | Box | Folder | ||
| Sketches | k_3 | 6 | ||