Gloria Sachs

Gloria Sachs (February 17, 1927 – March 12, 2012) was an American fashion designer whose company tailored for the increasing percentage of American women employed in professional and management positions through the 1970s and 1980s.

Early life Gloria Mildred Wasserman was born on February 17, 1927, in Manhattan, New York City. She grew up in Scarsdale and studied at Skidmore College, graduating with a degree in the fine arts in 1947 despite entering as a math major.

Career Sachs exhibited artwork at the Pratt Institute (1949), the Philadelphia Art Alliance (1950), the Art Institute of Chicago (1950), and the Museum of Modern Art (1951). After she moved back to New York in 1951, she found work at the Bloomingdale's department store as an executive trainee, Sach's line mostly utilized classic patterns—plaids, dots, foulards, and paisleys—made in unconventional color combinations. Through the decade it focused on separates, including skirts, shirts and coats, tailored in matching fabrics. In the 1980s she continued this style, producing uncoordinated suits as well as sweaters paired with skirts and pants. Sachs' line was sold at stores such as Bergdorf Goodman, Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Neiman Marcus.

Sachs was nominated for a Coty Award in 1983, although it was ultimately awarded to Willi Smith. From 1982 to 1984 she was president of Fashion Group,

Later life Sachs had closed her clothing company by 1994, although she remained active in the industry. They later divorced.

Sachs died on March 12, 2012, aged 85, at her Manhattan home.