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Fashions Are Handmade(Continued from Page 1C)tablecloths and I will do lovely dresses. The sheets had embroidery on top, so I make yokes and sleeves. I even used the mattress ticking. And that’s how we started.”Even at that time it was not easy for a woman to go into the business world inItaly.“Not that a woman was bodlv treated,” she said. ‘‘They just didn't take her seriously. They always think that she is having fun. So you have difficulties with the bank and things like that.“When they realize that you are really smart, then they are afraid of you. They don't trust you. They treat you as if you were a very unusual thing. It is not nice for a woman to think that she is like a black cat.” - .Lydia first came to the United States in1964 to show her collection at Lord and Taylor in New York City. In 1967 she received the Neiman Marcus award for ‘‘transforming the handicraft look of Italy to clothes to be worn in the most sophisticated resorts by the most sophisticated women.”“There are so many things you cannot understand about America unless you come here,” she said. “You don’t know about air conditioning. You don't know that a woman can be in a very warm climate, but freeze when she is in a restaurant.Her clothes are sold in cities throughout the United States, and she comes over three times a year to show' the collection.“This year I think I will cut down.” Lydia said. “I am too much away from my business. Problems are growing every day. We are going through a very difficult time all over Europe. The world is changing. We need a Renaissance!”
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Sarasota Journal
Sarasota, Florida, US
Wed, Feb 23, 1977
Page 24
Full Page
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Daniel M.
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