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  1. Eleanor Lambert (August 10, 1903 – October 7, 2003) was an American fashion publicist. She was instrumental in increasing the international prominence of the American fashion industry and in the emergence of New York City as a major fashion capital. [1] [2] [3] Lambert was the founder of New York Fashion Week, the Council of Fashion Designers ...

  2. May 6, 2024 · Publicity and social leverage have always been at the core of the Met Gala. Its first iteration was held in 1948 by New York publicist Eleanor Lambert, whose primary calling was art: she was the first press director of the Whitney Museum of American Art and helped to found MoMA, as well as the Art Dealers Association of America; luminaries Jackson Pollock, Salvador Dalí and Isamu Noguchi were ...

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  3. Apr 15, 2024 · In the United States, the world of fashion was becoming the purview of its first fashion publicist, Eleanor Lambert. Her work would usher in a new era of American fashion, which included the ...

  4. Oct 8, 2003 · October 8, 2003, 12:00am. NEW YORK — Eleanor Lambert, who introduced the concept ofpublic relations to the American fashion industry, made stars out of designers and, with her spontaneous ploys ...

  5. Born on August 10, 1903, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Lambert became a fashion publicist in the 1930s, a time when American fashion struggled to gain recognition compared to its European counterparts, particularly French fashion. In 1943, during World War II, Lambert organized "Press Week" in New York City, which was a precursor to what would ...

  6. Black Fashion Support. Eleanor Lambert’s Vision of Seventh Avenue. Eleanor Lambert (1903-2003) is widely recognized as the “original” fashion publicist, who revolutionized the American fashion industry. Lambert worked passionately to bring global recognition to New York as an international fashion capital over the span of her 75-year career.

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  8. Oct 8, 2003 · NEW YORK —. Eleanor Lambert, the publicist who helped put American designers alongside their Paris counterparts on the fashion map, died Tuesday. She was 100. Lambert died at her Manhattan home ...

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