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Moore Designs Inaugural Ball Gown for Mrs. Johnson
Texan designer John Moore who created Marilyn Monroe gowns also designs for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. From Alice, Texas, Moore has a showroom on New York City's Seventh Avenue and discusses dressing Mrs. Johnson as a simple, small woman who favors red, white and yellow. His background includes Texas Military Institute, University of Texas, Northwestern, Parson School of Design, and work for Elizabeth Arden and Jane Derby before launching his own line in 1963.
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Gay Pauley
New York
UPI
John Moore
United States
Marilyn’ Monroe
Moore
Alice
Tex
Corpus Christi
Seventh Avenue
Texas Military Institute
San Antonio
University of Texas
Northwestern University
Evanston, Il
Manhattan
Parsona School of Design
Elizabeth Arden
Jane Derby
Matty Talmack