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A Guide to the POSH, Inc., Records
Overview
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| Creator: |
POSH, Inc.
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| Title: |
POSH, Inc. Records,
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| Dates: |
1950s-1980s (bulk 1970s)
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| Quantity: |
9 boxes, 8 binders
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| Abstract: |
The POSH, Inc. collection consists of sketches, drawings, photographic prints, newspaper clippings, tear sheets and ephemera that document the work of company founder and designer Jay Anderson. Anderson designed women's couture clothing.
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| Identification: |
2004-218 |
Historical Note
POSH, Inc., was the creation of fashion designer Jay Anderson. A graduate of the Ethel Traphagen School of Fashion Design in New York, he worked as a junior designer at Maurice Rentner in New York before World War II interrupted his career. Following a stint with the Army Corp of Engineers, Anderson relocated to Miami and started designing custom clothes for socially prominent women in the city.
After doing wholesale designing for a firm, Anderson, established Jay Anderson, Inc., in 1956 to design and manufacturing his own line. The company, renamed, POSH, Inc., eventually become the largest couture business in the southeastern United States. Operating out of a factory near downtown Miami and a showroom in New York, four new collections were sent to upscale department stores and specialty shops all over the United States each year. Anderson retired in the 1980s, and the factory site was sold to the City of Miami for the construction of the Miami Arena.
Scope and Content
The POSH, Inc. collection consists of sketches, drawings, photographic prints, newspaper clippings, tear sheets and ephemera that document the work of company founder and designer Jay Anderson.
The items are organized by subject: notebooks and binders contain original sketches for the collections, along with fabric swatches and notes pertaining to prices. Photographic prints and oversized black and white drawings show models in the finished pieces. The newspaper clippings document fashion shows, advertisement pieces, and local and national news items on Anderson and the company.
Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Index Terms
Anderson, Jay, 1920-1983
POSH, Inc.
Clothing and dress -- Florida
Fashion designers -- Florida
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation:
POSH, Inc., Records, Historical Museum of Southern Florida
Acquisition:
Gift of the Estate of Jay Anderson, 2004.
Container List
Boxed Records
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| Box |
Folder |
Contents |
| 1 |
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Fashion show invitations |
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2 |
Posh perfume |
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3 |
Sketches |
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4 |
Newspaper clippings |
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5 |
Anderson, Jay -- biographical information |
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Advertising tear sheets, etc. |
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14 notebooks with original sketches, fabric swatches, and notes pertaining to pricing |
| 5-6 |
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8x10 photographic prints of models wearing POSH, Inc, designs |
| 7 |
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11x14 photographic prints of models wearing POSH, Inc. designs |
| 8 |
1 |
61 ink on tissue drawings |
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2 |
13 drawings on paper |
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3 |
Magazine tear sheets |
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4 |
Jay Anderson portrait |
| 9 |
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Newspaper clippings |
Binders
Eight binders with original drawings, fabric swatches, and notes pertaining to pricing.
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