Mainbocher
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In 1948, the Girl Scouts commissioned Mainbocher to design its uniforms.
From New York Times
Vanderbilt also donated two Mainbocher evening gowns with high waists and three quarter-length sleeves.
From Los Angeles Times
The president of Wellesley became its first commander, and the French-American couturier Mainbocher was brought in to design its dashingly fitted uniform, which, some felt, was “the most flattering piece of clothing they ever owned.”
From Washington Post
Mainbocher produced some of the most expensive clothes in the world—more costly than Christian Dior CDI 0.32 % ’s.
He is the subject of the exhibition “Making Mainbocher: The First American Couturier,” opening this weekend, at the Chicago History Museum and running through Aug. 20, 2017.
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