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Article: ENDURING CLOUT OF HIGH STYLE
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- December 16, 1995
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JUDY JEANNIN, Fashion Editor
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-16-1995
ENDURING CLOUT OF HIGH STYLE
By JUDY JEANNIN, Fashion Editor
Date: 12-16-1995, Saturday
Section: LIFESTYLE
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star
Ask Richard Martin, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's
Costume Institute, to name his favorite outfit in the current salute to
haute couture, and he picks a simple black jersey dress designed by Coco
Chanel.
"She has taken the ordinary and made it extraordinary," says
Martin, who with associate curator Harold Koda has put together the
exhibition "Haute Couture," slated to run through March 24.
At first Martin's choice seems a bit odd, for the exhibit ...
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