Flashback: New York City Fashion, 1949
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<p>"Models wearing the new Poses, strapless, backless, wireless bras adhesively gummed to hold the cup on at Jones Beach."</p>
<p>"Model wearing checkered, deep-cuffed fleece coat which is almost all sleeve as it stretches 52-inches fr. wrist to wrist in one continuous piece, designed by PaulineTrigere."</p>
<p>Left: "the longest gloves designed by Hattie Carnegie" and Right: "Model wearing latest sweater fashion"</p>
<p>"Designer Anne Fogarty, dressed in plaid taffeta outfit with white lace pantaloons while enjoying a visit from a friend in her apartment."</p>
<p>Left: "Shari Herbert, one of New York's top models, wearing tight grape taffeta gown by Schiapparelli featuring a separate flesh-colored bra that drips sequins & pearls" and Right: coat on 5th Avenue</p>
<p>Left: "Model wearing latest sweater fashion" and Right: "Model wearing sensational taffeta gown by Adrian called "After Theatre" featuring batwings, each 22 inches fr. the spine, which make up its show-stopping bustle."</p>
<p>"Sixteen-inch feather antennae on velour cap designed by Hattie Carnegie worn by model is amusing outdoors but a menace in crowded elevators."</p>