When I lived there in the 1950s, Greenville appeared to be prosperous and hopping. When I went downtown, either walking with Cindy or driving with my mom, there were always lots of people walking around and shopping, and all the storefronts were occupied. There was the Greenville Furniture Co., which had interesting things in the basement like doll beds. Cindy and I each got a doll bed there. They were about ten inches long and had plastic gingham covers, one red and white and the other blue and white. These beds had the infamous and frightening tag on the end that said: DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG UNDER PENALTY OF LAW. Of course we didn’t want to get arrested, but on the other hand the tags were ugly and in the way. We discussed this at length, but we didn’t know what to do. So we compromised by cutting off the tags at the point where the scary message started.
When Hong Kong first sent models and garment makers to Paris to put on a ready-to-wear fashion show, French manufacturers were dismayed and tried to halt it. The prêt-à-porter show was a big success.
For their Fall 2023 Ready-to-Wear Collection, Louis Vuitton has pared-down their utopian designs into uber-chic street ready garments inspired by the elusive concept of French style.
Less than a month after the trailblazing designer passed away, Julien Dossenna’s newest Ready to Wear collection for Paco Rabanne was a shimmering hommage in metallics and metals