Bernadine Morris

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
DiedJanuary 12, 2018(2018-01-12) (aged 92)

Early life and education

She was 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

Morris 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
  • Morris, Bernadine (1978). The fashion makers (1st ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 0-394-41166-8. OCLC 3481954.[9]
  • Morris, Bernadine; Mirabella, Grace (1996). Valentino. Saron Hughes (Translator). Universe/Vendome, New York, NY. ISBN 9780500017562. Retrieved 2023-05-13.

Awards and honors

In 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
  1. 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.
  2. "The Fashion Press". The Miami Herald; Miami, Florida. August 18, 1985. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  3. Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (2018-01-26). "Bernadine Morris Dies at 92". WWD. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  4. Kolb, Steven (January 27, 2018). "Remembering Bernadine Morris". cfda.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  5. Rubin, Bonnie Miller (March 2, 1983). "Practical fashion writer puts little stock in fluctuating hemlines". Star Tribune; Minneapolis, Minnesota. pp. , . Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  6. "A transatlantic view". Birmingham Post Birmingham, West Midlands, England. May 28, 1994. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  7. 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.
  8. Merriam-Webster's dictionary of English usage. Internet Archive. Merriam-Webster Inc Springfield, Mass. 1994. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-87779-132-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. Reviews for The Fashion Makers
  10. Reviews for Scaasi a cut above
    • Stuttaford, Genevieve (October 14, 1996). "Scaasi: A Cut Above". Publishers Weekly. 243 (42): 71.
  11. Ap (1985-09-24). "IN PARIS, A FASHIOPN PARADE". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  12. Hyde, Nina (6 December 1987). "Fashion Notes". The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext); Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C]. pp. g03 – via Proquest.
  13. "People". International Herald Tribune. 6 October 1994. p. 20 – via ProQuest.
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