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Elsa, Miuccia, Elsa
View post: Elsa, Miuccia, ElsaThis month the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, announced that the Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition will focus on Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. The show, entitled Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada: On Fashion, will run from May 10 to August 19, 2012. (Read the press release here.) The twin focus on these two…
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Sally Makes a Conquest
View post: Sally Makes a ConquestMy J.C. Penney’s copy of the January 1939 McCall Style News has this fantastic comic strip advertising J.C. Penney’s fabric department (click to magnify): Four lessons I learned from this comic strip-advertisement: A high resolution PDF copy of the January 1939 McCall Style News is now available in the shop:
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