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Liz Claiborne

1929-03-31 – 2007-06-26

Portrait of Liz Claiborne
Title: Liz Claiborne, fashion Designer Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: [1982] Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-gtfy-00762 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Bernard Gotfryd," (https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.592.gotf) Access Advisory: Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation. Call Number: LC-GB05- 762 [P&P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Notes: Title from slide mount and other caption information provided by the photographer. On mount: 2346. Gift; Bernard Gotfryd; 2004; (DLC/PP-2004:032). Subjects: United States--New York (State)--New York. Fashion designers Personalities Format: Slides--Color--1980-1990. Part of: Bernard Gotfryd photograph collection (Library of Congress) Bookmark This Record: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2020730303/Credit: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer

Life & Legacy

Anne Elisabeth Jane Claiborne (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was an American fashion designer and businesswoman. Her success was built upon stylish yet affordable apparel for career women featuring colorfully tailored separates that could be mixed and matched. Claiborne co-founded Liz Claiborne Inc., which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500 list. Claiborne was the first woman to become chair and CEO of a Fortune 500 company.

Occupation & Career

personal stylist, businessperson, fashion designer

Education

Mountain Lakes High School

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Great Immigrants Award

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Great Immigrants Award

Education & Institutions

Mountain Lakes High School

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q465637 — wikidata View source

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