Mainbocher
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
An Englishman whose line is Arc de Triomphe, never Marble Arch, he is the Parisian equivalent of Manhattan's Mainbocher, a classicist devoted to the soft look and tailored line.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir: Mrs. Guest, who is on your cover, and the man who dresses her, Mr. Mainbocher, are regulars at the Pavilion.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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