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My fair first lady

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Couturier Michael Faircloth, who is based in Dallas, TX, was relatively unknown until his client Laura Bush asked him to produce a dress for the inaugural ball. Faircloth's own tastes are simple, but he suits his clothes to his clients' needs.

Author: Bowles, Hamish
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vogue
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0042-8000
Year: 2001
Faircloth, Michael

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Fashion's visionary

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Rei Kawakubo has used the fashion label Comme des Garcons since 1973 on what were once considered revolutionary clothes. Her unique ideas have presented fashions that may feature black fabrics, be intentionally buttoned wrong and even unfinished at the seams to create new looks.

Author: Bowles, Hamish
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vogue
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0042-8000
Year: 1993
Kawakubo, Rei

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Top hatter: English milliner Marina Killery has fitted the likes of Princess Diana in London; now her romantic hats are gracing stylish heads on these shores

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Once Princess Diana began ordering Killery's hats, her career really took off, but she suddenly left England to remodel a house her husband purchased in New York. She and her husband now run a workshop near that home, producing ready-to-wear hats.

Author: Bowles, Hamish
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vogue
Subject: Fashion and beauty
ISSN: 0042-8000
Year: 1996
Killery, Marina

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