Tag: dress
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Balmain: From French Refinement to Global Glitz
This article is the second in our presentations about Parisian couture houses active today and how they came into being. Pierre Balmain, founder, 1914-1982 Balmain was born in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, in the Savoy region of France. His father sold textiles wholesale and his mother ran a fashion boutique. Despite his interest in fashion,…
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Magazine of the Week
Hi, everybody! This week’s magazine is an oldie but a goodie! Before Amy Shumer, Tina Fey, or Margaret Cho, before Bust, and “Sex and the City”, there was Helen Gurley Brown, who was single and loved it. She wasn’t the only reason that single womanhood switched from meaning “pitied” to meaning “fabulous”, but she sure…
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Spring, and Pretty Gowns in Bloom, pt. 1
The library’s Periodicals and Electronic Resources department subscribes to a several bridal magazines. We subscribe to these for their presentation of many items, not just pretty gowns, so we thought we should point them out to you. If you’re curious to see the whole list, you can find it here: http://fitnyc.libguides.com/periodicals-by-subject/bridalwear Brides (American edition): This…