Month: April 2013

  • Muriel King and Gone With the Wind

    Keren Ben-Horin’s recent post on one of our favorite blogs, ON PINS AND NEEDLES, has inspired us to speak about a little more about the American couturière Muriel King and her work in Hollywood. King established a successful couture house in New York City during the early 1930s—at the height of the Great Depression.  Her clients included…

  • The Muppet Show Style Book

    One of the staff favorites in the department isn’t necessarily due to its precious nature, but rather its nostalgia… The Muppet Show Style Book was created in 1979, three years after the launch of  popular television show, by Jim Henson & Associates, Inc.: “This book of style sheets and character personality descriptions has been compiled to…