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Article: DEVON FASTENS TIES WITH GALANOS.(Lyn Devon, James Galanos)
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- November 13, 2007
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Byline: Beth Wilson
When fresh-faced designer Lyn Devon visited Chicago earlier this month, she sought not only to build her client base, but to solicit some firsthand advice from her newfound mentor, James Galanos.
Introduced through a family friend, Devon, who won Fashion Group International's 2007 Rising Star award, and Galanos, one of America's top designers who dressed Nancy Reagan, among others, had corresponded via mail, with the elder designer offering a critique of Devon's look books. The two met in Chicago, where Milwaukee entrepreneur Peter Mahler hosted a private dinner for Devon, Galanos, photographer Victor Skrebneski and others at the Pane ...