Anne Fogarty known for the "Paper Doll" silhouette
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Anne Whitney Fogarty designed the American look, creating clothes that were youthful, simple and stylish. Although Fogarty studied drama at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, her real love was for the costumes she wore. Moving to New York she worked as a fitting-model for Harvey Berin while looking for acting parts. When she received an acting job, Berin encouraged her to think about becoming a stylist instead, and in 1948 Fogarty began designing clothes for the Youth Guild. Youth Guild's market was teenagers, who were perfect for the narrow waist and full skirts of the "New Look," a style Fogarty used.
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- When legendary dress designer Anne Fogarty (1919-1980) was a little girl she wanted to dress like a princess. She also liked to experiment with "forbidden" color combinations like pink and red (much to the horror of her Dear Mother). So, is it any wonder than when young Anne grew up, she designed dresses that made women feel like princesses all the time, in nifty fabrics and colors which added some...
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- From Anne Fogarty (New York, 1959, pp.11, 33, 66 and 154). The author, a dress-designer known as the ''Queen of the full skirt,'' was possessed of a narrow rib-cage and a much publicised 18 inch waistline. Her figure in wax wearing the dress in which she received a fashion award is (or was) in the Philadelphia Museum...
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