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Title
Fabric at Karen Kane headquarters
Alternative Title
Industrial Los Angeles Photo Collection;
Creator
Himmelstein, Cheryl
Contributor
Part of the Industrial Los Angeles project. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
2009
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Designer Karen Kane, an alumna of FIDM in Los Angeles, works with a team of about 30, made up of cutters, sewers, patternmakers, and designer assistants to create clothing for women are in their 20s to 50s. Karen Kane is sold in all 50 states and boasts four outlet stores and three divisions. Four times a year the company produces 420 different product styles, and sales have topped $80 million.
Large and small rolls of fabric are arranged and stacked at the headquarters for Karen Kane, Inc., located at 2275 East 37th Street, Los Angeles. Photograph dated April 23, 2009.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :color ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00087489
Industrial Los Angeles Collection;
GPC_b18_f1_i18
CARL0004934986
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/693
Subject
Karen Kane, Inc. (Firm)
Textile fabrics--California--Los Angeles
Corporations--Headquarters--California--Los Angeles
Warehouses--California--Los Angeles
Clothing trade--California--Los Angeles
Industrial Los Angeles Collection photographs

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