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Fashion's footman

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Blahnik's ability to design shoes that flatter women's feet allows him to sell his shoes for $450 to $2,600. He learned to make shoes from his mother and designed men's saddle shoes until Diana Vreeland advised him to design women's shoes.

Author: Collins, Amy Fine
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1995
Biography, Interview, Shoemakers, Blahnik, Manolo

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Every inch an original

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A description of the career, lifestyle and achievements of fashion designer Pauline Trigere is presented. Her insistence on a hands-on approach to running her business and refusal to let others design under her name are discussed.

Author: Collins, Amy Fine
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1999
Personalities, Trigere, Pauline

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Idol gossips

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Gossip columnists Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons were two of the most bitter rivals in the mid-20th century Hollywood. Despite their public battles, the two women had many similarities and developed a strange symbiosis.

Author: Collins, Amy Fine
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1997
Gossip columnists, Hopper, Hedda, Parsons, Louella

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Subjects list: Fashion designers, Behavior
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