Francesca Sammaritano student work and teaching examples
Summary
Francesca Sammaritano is a fashion designer and alumna of Parsons School of Design, as well as a full-time faculty member. The collection is comprised of two student project notebooks maintained by Sammaritano while she was a Fashion BFA student at Parsons School of Design in the late 1980s and two examples of student work created in classes Sammaritano taught as a professor.
Dates
- 1987 - 2006
Creator
- Fitch, Fay Chen (Person)
- Kohara, Alejandra (Person)
- Parsons the New School for Design. Fashion Design Department (Organization)
- Sammaritano, Francesca (Person)
Extent
1.5 Cubic Feet (2 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection is comprised of two student project notebooks maintained by Francesca Sammaritano while she was a Fashion BFA student at Parsons School of Design in the late 1980s and two examples of student work created in classes Sammaritano taught as a professor.
Sammaritano's student work consists of a two-volume pattern drafting notebook created for a class taught by Fashion Design Department faculty member Marie Marino. Another notebook features notes and pattern pieces for creating a notched collar jacket and was maintained for a senior class taught by Theresa Chiappetta. Sammaritano advises that she constructed a jacket based on the notebook and sold the resultant piece to her college roommate. These notebooks provide detailed instructions for a wide variety of sewing and pattern drafting techniques, along with both illustrated examples and three-dimensional fabric examples sewn by Sammaritano, including small skirts and partial pieces of full-sized jackets.
The collection also includes two notebooks produced by Sammaritano's students, selected by Sammaritano as outstanding examples of student work. One notebook was created by junior Fay Chen Fitch in a design studio draping class Sammaritano taught in her first year as an adjunct professor. The second notebook is a thesis project completed by student Alejandra Kohara in April 2006.
Fabric samples and envelopes containing full pattern sets are stored separately from the other components of each notebook. Through examples of both Sammaritano and her students’ work, this collection provides insight into the learning and teaching processes employed by Parsons students and professors in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research use. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Use Restrictions
To publish images of material from this collection, permission must be obtained in writing from the New School Archives. Please contact: archivist@newschool.edu.
Biographical Note
Francesca Sammaritano graduated from Parsons School of Design in 1989 with a BFA in Fashion Design. In 1992, Fashion Design Department Chair Frank Rizzo invited her to teach part-time at Parsons while she worked in the fashion industry. In 2007, Sammaritano became a full-time faculty member. As of 2015, she was serving as Curriculum Coordinator for senior year students in the School of Fashion and teaching Creative Technical Studio for Thesis and Integrated Studio, specializing in children's wear and women's wear. She established the Parsons Fashion Council, for which she serves as student liaison.
Sammaritano's professional work in the fashion industry consists of designing, product development consulting and serving as creative director for companies including Donna Karan Company, Halston Baby and Rock Star Baby.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Francesca Sammaritano, 2015.
- Chiappetta, Theresa
- Fashion design -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York (Subject) (Places) Subject Source: Local sources
- Marino, Marie
- Notebooks (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Patterns (guides) (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Samples (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Student projects (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Francesca Sammaritano student work and teaching examples
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sara Idacavage
- Date
- March 31, 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin