Eleanor Lambert
| Eleanor Lambert Berkson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 10, 1903 Crawfordsville, Indiana |
| Died | October 7, 2003 (aged 100) Manhattan, New York |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Alma mater | John Herron School of Art and the Chicago Art Institute |
| Organization | organized the Council of Fashion Designers of America |
| Known for | American fashion and public relations industry |
| Notable work | helped with the founding of the Museum of Modern Art appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the National Council on the Arts of the National Endowment for the Arts |
| Spouse(s) | Willis Conner (first spouse) and Seymour Berkson (second spouse) |
| Children | Bill Berkson |
| Awards | The Eleanor Lambert Award was named in her honor |
Eleanor Lambert Berkson (August 10, 1903 – October 7, 2003) was a central figure in the American fashion and public relations industries.
Lambert was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. She attended the John Herron School of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago to study fashion. Lambart wanted to be a sculptor but went into advertising. She started at an advertising agency in Manhattan, dealing mostly with artists and art galleries.
She was married twice, firstly to Wills Conner, in the 1920s, which ended in divorce and secondly to Seymour Berkson in 1936, which ended with his death in 1959. Eleanor and Seymour had one son together, the renowned poet Bill Berkson. She died in Manhattan in New York City.
In the mid 1930s, Lambert was the first Press Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art and helped with the founding of the Museum of Modern Art.Jackson Pollock, Jacob Epstein, and Isamu Noguchi were a few of the many artists she represented.
In the 1940s, Lambert founded the International Best Dressed List, the Coty Fashion Critics’ Award (in 1943), and New York Fashion Week. In 1959 and 1967, she was asked by the US Department of State to present American fashion for the first time in Russia, Germany, Italy, Australia, Japan, Britain, and Switzerland.
In 1965, she was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to the National Council on the Arts of the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1962, she organized the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and stayed an honorary member until her death in 2003.
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