By August (1950), he had gotten his first break: an assignment to illustrate shoes for Glamour magazine. They liked what he did so much they immediately gave him six more pages in the same issue, illustrating, appropriately, a feature entitled “Climbing the Ladder of Success.” The credit mistakenly read “Drawings by Warhol” - that’s how Andy dropped the “a.”
Bob Colacello
From: Holy Terror. Andy Warhol Close Up (Harper Collins Publishers, 1990)
1955 Warhol for I.Miller |
Andy and I began a campaign, which was unprecedented at the time. We ran full pages, half pages, every Sunday in the “New York Times.” And it was a spectacular showcase for I. Miller and for Andy as well. It expanded his audience in a way that no magazine editorial ever could have.
In a sea of tiny little images that were the pages of the Times, these bold blockbuster fantasies were extraordinarily effective. What the ads did was to revitalize and revive the I. Miller brand, and from a dowdy, musty, fusty, dusty, dowager establishment, it became a stylish emporium for debutantes.
Jerry Stutz (I.Miller president) | 1998
From: The Warhol Look: Glamour, Style, Fashion exhibition audioguide.
Produced by Antenna Radio with The Warhol Museum
1955 |Andy Warhol Painting & Collage |
1958 | Andy Warhol for I. Miller
The New York Times, August, 24
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1955 | Warhol for I.Miller
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1958 | Warhol for I.Miller & others
Harper's Bazaar | July
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1960 | Warhol for I.Miller, Palizzio, Anne Rubin & others
Harper's Bazaar | December
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Andy Warhol | August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 |
Source: Wyoming99!
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Andy Warhol passed away in New York February, 22 - 25 years ago.
ANDY WARHOL I.MILLER
PART 2
ANDY WARHOL FOR DAVID EVINS
MORE I.MILLER ADS
STEPPIN IN HER I. MILLER SHOES
A LOST AMERICAN CLASSIC | ISRAEL MILLER | DeLuxe Shoes |
ANDY WARHOL | POP ARTisan
IT'S ALL ABOUT SHOES
1955-1959 | I.Miller ads collage of 4 Source: The Archives Of The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh |