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Fashion Notes on Lace and Velvet Collets and Capes
The piece details elaborate dress elements such as cream lace frills, violet velvet ribbons, and raspberry red mousseline de sole collets with multiple jabots. It notes autumn capes using three materials, fur trims, brocaded satins, and extensive appliques, plus fashionable accessories like stylish bags and hat decorations. It also mentions Puerto Rican exile life in New York with Sener Ti and a Havana-educated daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yiet
Nina Goodwin
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Weyler
New York City
Sener Ti
University of Havana
Tio
Poetes