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Fashion Is Placed In Spotlight on American Couture
A half hour National Educational Television documentary examines American fashion from haute couture to Seventh Avenue workshops. Narrated by Joan Bennett, it features Norman Norell and Cardinale Carlyn Lewis designs, with Donald Brooks fittings for Fu Hoe Andrews and a cover story on transforming a thousand dollar gown into affordable fashion. Produced by Tom Stean with director William Brasne, underwritten by Sears Roebuck and the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.
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Channel 20
Heute Couture
New York
Seventh Avenue
Joan Bennett
Norman Norell
Fasta
California
Cardinale Carlyn Lewis
Gustiey
Donald Brooks
Fuhe Andrews
Gertrude Last
Pueece
Tom Stean
William Brasne
Sears-Roebuck Poundaten
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