FAIRCHILD PUBLICATIONS

   Comprised of four divisions, Fairchild is best known in the fashion industry as the publisher of Women's Wear Daily. Fairchild also is significant in its role as a publisher of fashion and fashion-related textbooks. It was begun in 1892 in Chicago by Louis Fairchild and moved to New York approximately eight years later. The company was acquired by Advance Publications in 1999.

   See Daily News Record; Footwear News.