Bernadine Morris

Bernadine Morris
Born	Bernadine Taub Harlem, New York
Died	January 12, 2018(2018-01-12) (aged 92)

Bernadine Morris née Taub was a New York Times fashion critic and journalist who influenced women's fashion.

Early life and education

She was born 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 (1996). Scaasi a cut above. ISBN 0-8478-1987-6. OCLC 845165772.[10]

• 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. [1], [2]. 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. Merriam-Webster Inc Springfield, Mass. 1994. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-87779-132-4.
9. Reviews for The Fashion Makers
   • Jeannin, Judy (1978-05-22). "Behind the design". The Record Hackensack, New Jersey. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
   • Siegel, Margot (May 19, 1978). "Designer 'catalog' just an ego booster". Star Tribune ; Minneapolis, Minnesota. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
   • Lambert, Elenaor (May 9, 1978). "American designers revealed in photos, essays". The Daily Tribune; Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
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.