First recorded in 1860–65
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After graduation, she moved to London, where she worked as a window dresser.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2022
Instead she worked as a counter assistant in a chemist and as a window dresser before focussing on raising her family.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2021
After university and military service, Armani worked as a window dresser at the upmarket La Rinascente department store in Milan in 1957 before becoming a menswear designer and eventually launching his label in 1975.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020
“I can channel the artistry as the window dresser Molina and exude the seductive allure of his muse and tormentor the Spider Woman and honor the diva saviors of my youth: Chita, Conchita and Vanessa!”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2020
But the climax was reached when I found it in a drug-store window, where the window dresser had placed it over another placard, the advertisement of a well known patent remedy.
From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick
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