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Brewer's: Newgate Fashion

Two by two. Prisoners used to be conveyed to Newgate coupled together in twos. Must we all march? Yes, two and two, Newgate fashion. Shakespeare: 1 Henry IV., iii. 3. Source: Dictionary…

Brewer's: Fashion of Speech

(A). “Facon de parler” (q.v.); “Ratio loquendi!” Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Fast GirlFashion A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T…

Brewer's: Bristol Fashion

(In). Methodical and orderly. More generally “Shipshape and Bristol fashion.” “In the great mass meeting, October 18th, 1884, a route of above three miles was observed in one unbroken line…

Ford, Tom

(Encyclopedia) Ford, Tom (Thomas Carlyle Ford), 1961–, American fashion designer and film director, b. Austin, Tex. After designing for Kathy Hardwick (1986–88) and Perry Ellis (1988–90), he moved to…

Cassini, Oleg

(Encyclopedia) Cassini, Oleg, 1913–2006, American fashion designer, b. Paris as Oleg Cassini Loiewski. Raised in Italy, he came to the United States in 1936, and in the 1940s designed costumes for…

Talley, André Leon

(Encyclopedia) Talley, André Leon, 1948-2022, American fashion journalist and consultant, b. Washington, D.C.; North Carolina Central Univ. (B.A., 1970…

Kawakubo, Rei

(Encyclopedia) Kawakubo, Rei, 1942–, Japanese fashion designer, b. Tokyo. After working for a textile manufacturer, she became (1967) a freelance stylist, founded (1969) the fashion label Comme des…

Vionnet, Madeleine

(Encyclopedia) Vionnet, Madeleine, 1876–1975, French fashion designer. She worked for Parisian and London dressmakers and designed for the Callot Soeurs and Jacques Doucet houses before opening her…

Notable Fashion Designers and Models

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