Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Barbara Bates
Barbara Bates
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| Other authors / contributors: | Bates, Barbara, 1955- interviewee.
Hodge, Adele, interviewer.
Bieschke, Paul, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
Adele Hodge, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2002 August 28.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| 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.
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