Business card for Shayla Simpson: Museum Object and Cultural History
Business card for Shayla Simpson: Date: ca. 1978. Designed by: Maning Obregon, Philippino - American, 1939 - 1989. Subject of: Shayla Simpson, born 1951.
The object in the museum catalogue
A business card for Shayla Simpson designed by fashion illustrator Maning Obregon. The card is meant to be folded in half. The top of the front is blank, the bottom is a black-and-white stylized illustration of Shayla Simpson on the left side of the card, and her first name printed in cursive text on the right that reads [Shayla]. On the back is black, printed, centered, text on the top that reads [FASHION SHOW PRODUCER/DIRECTOR / COORDINATOR, CHOREOGRAPHER, / COMMENTATOR, CONSULTANT / · / HIGH FASHION BUYER / PARIS, ROME, MILAN, LONDON, NEW YORK / · / BEAUTY CONSULTANT / MAKE-UP ARTIST / · / FASHION MARKETING FASHION STYLIST / · / MODEL AGENT]. Black text in differing font printed on the bottom reads [SHAYLA SIMSPON / Shayla Simpson Productions, Inc.], with her address, phone number and fax number printed below.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: ca. 1978
- Designed by: Maning Obregon, Philippino - American, 1939 - 1989
- Subject of: Shayla Simpson, born 1951
- Type: business cards
- Medium: ink on card stock
- Dimensions: H x W: 4 × 3 9/16 in. (10.2 × 9 cm)
- Place used: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Advertising
- Topic: Beauty culture
- Topic: Business
- Topic: Cosmetics
- Topic: Design
- Topic: Fashion
- Topic: Fashion design
- Object number: 2019.40.2
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shayla Simpson
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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