- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 53 min., 50 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Fashion designer Barbara Bates was born on June 27, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois. Bates went through Chicago's public school system and graduated from Marshall High School in 1962. In 1984, while working as a secretary for the First National Bank of Chicago, Bates began selling the clothing she made to coworkers during lunchtime. This led Bates to design clothes full-time and, two years later, she opened a 700-square foot showroom. In 1999, Bates founded the Bates Foundation to provide custom prom dresses to underprivileged or hard-to-fit young women from inner-city schools in Chicago. Bates' desire to make dresses for these women comes primarily from her own trials as a teen mother. Bates Designs continues to be a leader in the world of fashion. Exotic fabrics and leather trim are among the hallmarks of her designs. Bates has outfitted numerous celebrities, including Sinbad, Michael Jordan, Whitney Houston and Mike Tyson.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Barbara Bates
- Barbara Bates
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
- OCLC
- 994208808
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Barbara Bates.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
015350
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 August 28.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Fashion Designer.
- Added Author
Bates, Barbara, 1955- interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Bieschke, Paul, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.