Imaginative headboard ideas highlight new bedroom decor
In Chicago area show houses interior designers present inventive headboard concepts for single family homes. Cedar block arrangements form natural headboards while fabric backed with paper, velvet tufting, and wall fabrics enhance bed scenes at Water Tower Place and Oak Park show rooms.
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Chicago
Illinois
Jean Zoller
ASID
Wendy Elrick
Jean Lee, Inc
Morton Grove
Ill
Hoffman Builders
Bloomingdale
Hollywood
Marshall Field & Company
Water Tower Place
Near North Side
Oak Park
Hugh Plunkett Jr Asid
Dorothy Benham Miss America profiles demands and doubts
Edina Minnesota Miss America Dorothy Benham weighs fame against personal freedom. She seeks a singing career and scholarship goals while stressing individuality and cautions on public image. Benham supports feminism loosely and plans to study at Macalester College.
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Minnesota
Dorothy Benham
Miss Benham
Macalester College
St. Paul
Jewelry Through 7,000 Years at British Museum Exhibit
A British Museum display titled Jewelry Through 7,000 Years reveals ancient metalwork and ornamentation from Arpachiva, Ur, and beyond. The collection, drawn from museum holdings, showcases early techniques like fili gre and granulation, with pieces including gold rosettes, lapis beads, carnelian, and a gold mask, illustrating status symbols in antiquity.
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British Museum
Hugh Tait
Antiqubes
Ur-ol-the-Chaldees
Iraq
Paris Handbags Grow Bigger Softer in Fashion Shift
Paris fashion notes handbags expanding in size and weight, shifting from leather to fabric, straw, plastic and rattan. Designers showcase multi‑strap, clutch, and “two at a time” styles with new materials like fishnet and burlap. Night bags appear in metallics and gold tones as outfits shed layers.
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Paris
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Knight News Wire
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Tawny Godin
Oscar Dahle
Dorothy
America
London
UPI
Arpachiva
Colombia
Ur-of-the-Chaldees
Monique
New York News
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