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Parsons The New School for Design.
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Michaele Vollbracht
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He is also well known as an illustrator, though he considers himself first and foremost a fashion designer. Vollbracht began his career in fashion as a student at what was then Parsons School of Design in 1965. In 1973 he went to work for Henri Bendel as their in-house illustrator.
He continued in that function when he moved to Bloomingdale"s after another two years, but also designed the store"s famous Face Bag, carried out daily by thousands of shoppers.
Afterwards, Vollbracht published Nothing Sacred, a visual diary of his years in New York City and the many people he interacted with, and then moved to Florida to concentrate on his illustrations and art In 1989, The New Yorker named him one of its top illustrators, and he would produce covers and other art for the next several years.
The retrospective, curated by Kathleen Rowold, opened in 2002 after Blass"s death. In 2003, Vollbracht returned to New York when he was invited to become head designer for Bill Blass Limited.
He was the third designer to become head designer for the label.
He resigned from the label a few years later in 2007.
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Four years later, Geoffrey Beene hired him as a member of his design team, and Donald Brooks followed suit two years later.
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