http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt1j49r517 No online items Finding Aid for the Giorgio di Sant'Angelo papers, ca. 1933-2005 Processed by Lauren McDaniel, April-August 2008, and Joanna Black, January-July 2010; Project assistance from Sukey Garcetti and Desmond Stevens; Project supervisor: Megan Hahn Fraser; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Giorgio di 767 1 Sant'Angelo papers, ca. 1933-2005 Descriptive Summary Title: Giorgio di Sant'Angelo papers Date (inclusive): ca. 1933-2005 Collection number: 767 Creator: Giorgio di Sant'Angelo. Extent: 95 boxes (47.5 linear ft.)9 flat boxes100 oversize boxes9 oversize map folders7 tubes Abstract: Giorgio di Sant'Angelo (1933-1989) was an Italian-American fashion designer based in New York. His fashion design career began in the mid-1960s with textiles and accessories and as a stylist on magazine photo shoots. He started his own fashion line in 1968 and continuously produced clothing collections until his death. He was best known for his early and innovative use of stretch fabrics. The Giorgio di Sant'Angelo papers contain the designer's personal correspondence and photographs; diaries; early design work; drawings, designs, and photographs of his work in fashion and in other areas of design; and press and public appearance material. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Martin Price and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005. Processing Note Processed by Lauren McDaniel, April-August 2008, and Joanna Black, January-July 2010. Project assistance from Sukey Garcetti and Desmond Stevens. Project supervisor: Megan Hahn Fraser. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Giorgio di Sant'Angelo papers (Collection 767). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 6660022 Biography Giorgio di Sant'Angelo (1933-1989) was an Italian-American designer. Born Count Jorge Alberto Imperatrice di Sant'Angelo e Ratti di Desio in Florence, Italy, he was raised in Argentina and Brazil, and then trained as an architect and industrial designer in Italy. Encouraged by his grandmother, he also studied art, ceramics and sculpture in Spain and France, under Pablo Picasso among others. In 1962, he moved to California for an animation fellowship at Walt Disney Studios. He soon after relocated to New York in the mid-1960s, and began working in many areas of design, including industrial, textile, and interior design. One of his projects, avant-garde Lucite jewelry and other accessory designs for DuPont, appeared in many fashion magazine photo shoots of the time. Sant'Angelo became a stylist on some of the photo shoots, earning wide acclaim for his designs in the July 1968 issue of Vogue, which featured a portfolio of model Veruschka photographed by Franco Rubartelli in the Arizona desert, clothed in reams of colorful fabric, fur, and ropes improvised by Sant'Angelo. The same year he launched his career as a fashion designer with a collection based upon the desert shoot's psychedelic, "gypsy" style, for which he won a COTY award. Two years later, in 1970, he won another COTY award for his collection paying homage to Native Americans. During the 1970s and 1980s, he continuously produced clothing collections. Sant'Angelo was best known for the creativity and versatility of his designs as well as his early and innovative use of stretch fabrics, such as Lycra, encouraging freedom of movement. He considered himself an "engineer of color and form" Finding Aid for the Giorgio di 767 2 Sant'Angelo papers, ca. 1933-2005 instead of a "fashion designer." He had a loyal clientele, including celebrities such as Mick Jagger, Carol Channing, and Lena Horne, for all of whom Sant'Angelo also designed performance wardrobes. While creating fashion collections, he still designed accessories and had his own lines of home furnishing designs and environmental fragrances. In 1989 he died of lung cancer. His fashion business continued for a few years afterward under the management of Sant'Angelo's long-time partner and business associate Martin Price. Scope and Content The Giorgio di Sant'Angelo collection contains the designer's personal correspondence and photographs; diaries; early design work; drawings, designs, and photographs of his work in fashion and in other areas of design (including fabric); and press and public appearance material (including awards and videos). Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Personal Material 1. Correspondence 2. Diaries 3. Passports, resumes, and immigration documents 4. Photographs and other memorabilia 5. Collection of Veruschka Material 6. Memorial material 2. Company Files 3. Fashion Work 1. Drawings and designs 2. Fabric swatches and accessory material 3. Logo Designs, labels, tags, bags, paper 4. Photographic material 5. Creative Couture Kit 4. Other Work 1. Art 2. Early design in Argentina and the United States 3. Environmental fragrance 4. Interior design 5. Toys 5. Press and Public Appearances 1. Articles and reviews of Sant'Angelo and his designs 2. Awards 3. Promotional material 4. Press books 5. Publicity photographs of Sant'Angelo 6. Tearsheets and other design publicity 7. Video and film Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Giorgio di Sant'Angelo---Archives. Fashion designers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources. Items Removed from the Collection Copies of items exceeding two have been removed. Nonessential items, such as folders or other enclosures with redundant information or no information on them, have been removed. Wardrobe boxes of patterns were transferred to the Apparel Design & Development Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Related Material Finding Aid for the Giorgio di 767 3 Sant'Angelo papers, ca. 1933-2005 UCLA Library Department of Special Collections holds many other collections of fashion design material, such as the Rudi Gernreich papers (Collection 1702) and the Bonnie Cashin Collection of Fashion, Theater, and Film Costume Design (Collection 440). Giorgio di Sant'Angelo garments are held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Personal Material ca. 1933-1991 Scope and Content Note Includes personal correspondence, photographs, diaries, materials related to Veruschka, condolences and other Sant'Angelo memorial documents Correspondence 1963-1987 Scope and Content Note Including condolences Box 1 Letters to Giorgio Sant'Angelo from Family and Friends 1963-1983 Scope and Content Note Oversized. Box 1 Christmas Cards by Giorgio Sant'Angelo 1963-1987 Scope and Content Note Oversized. 37 items. Diaries ca. 1970-1989 Scope and Content Note Largely contain sketches, fashion ideas, and design idea source images inserted or tipped in, plus personal mementos. See also designs and drawings in Fashion Work and Other Work series. Box 2 Diaries 1 and 2 1970, 1979, 1981 Scope and Content Note 2 items. Box 3 Diaries 3 and 4 1976, 1981-1983 Scope and Content Note 2 items. Box 4 Diaries 5, 6, 7, 8 1988, ca. 1980-1987 Scope and Content Note 4 items. Includes Fashion Show photographs. Box 5 Diaries 9, 10, 11, 12 ca. 1980-1989 Scope and Content Note 4 items. Box 6 Diaries 13 and 14 ca. 1982 Scope and Content Note 2 items. Finding Aid for the Giorgio di 767 4 Sant'Angelo papers, ca. 1933-2005 Personal Material ca. 1933-1991 Diaries ca. 1970-1989 Box 7 Diaries 15, 16, 17, 18 ca. 1970-1989 Scope and Content Note 4 items. Box 8 Diary 19 ca. 1976 Scope and Content Note 1 item. Box 9 Diary 20 ca. 1987 Scope and Content Note 1 item. Box 10 Diaries 21, 22, 23 ca. 1982 Scope and Content Note 3 items. Passports, Resumes, and Immigration Documents 1949-1988 Scope and Content Note Documents relating to immigration, naturalization, banking, and citizenship . Box 11, Folder 1 Passports, Bank Book, Memberships, Other Related Identifications and Paperwork 1964-1988 Scope and Content Note ca. 15 items. Box 11, Folder 2 Legal Papers and Naturalization (Lippman & Krasnow) 1981-1982 Scope and Content Note 17 items. Box 11, Folder 3 Papers from Argentinean Consulate (Cecilia Gonzales) 1983 Scope and Content Note 5 items. Box 11, Folder 4 Other Citizenship and Personal History Documents no date Scope and Content Note 1 item. Box 11, Folder 5 Argentina Identifications and Other Documents 1949-1980 Scope and Content Note 7 items. Box 11, Folder 6 Argentinean Periodical with Letter from Domingo Antonio Imperatrice (father) to Giorgio Sant'Angelo (son) 1975 Scope and Content Note 1 item. Box 11, Folder 7 C. V. Resumes no date Scope and Content Note 11 items.