Mainbocher
Americannoun
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The Navy’s uniforms were the most appealing, having been designed by the noted American fashion designer Mainbocher.
From Time • May 10, 2012
Pictures from 1936 of models in dresses by Elsa Schiaparelli and Mainbocher have women deployed in extremely spare yet dreamy environments like actors in Surrealist plays.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2011
War-torn pages from the diary of the famed Chicago-born Paris dress designer Mainbocher, whose salon is now located on Manhattan's 57th Street, were published last week in the New York Herald Tribune.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unlike such top U.S. designers as Norman Norell and James Galanos, he does not distribute his models through department stores; anyone who wants to buy a Mainbocher has to come to the Fifth Avenue salon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mainbocher came to New York in 1939, where he profited by the wartime blackout of France as the fashion center of the world.
From Time Magazine Archive
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