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His father's investments in real estate in New York allowed Fira to open, with her partner Vera Heller, Verben, an exclusive dress shop between 5th and 6th
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to a wealthy timber merchant and had begun his career managing his father's estates. In 1889, he moved with his wife and young son, Jacob (1885–?) to Baku, opening a rice processing plant, which was the first in the area and began exporting rice in the domestic market. Within a decade, he bought a
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prohibited participation in the Paris fashion industry, she and other
American designers began creating their own fashion lines. Leaving Bonwit's in 1948, she operated her own company, designing into 1969 and inspiring a new generation of American designers.
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fashion, but rather simple, but elegant clothing in which women could walk and sit, while wearing throughout their normal daily routines. While other designers utilized
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kerosene plant and expanded his business interests into oil production. Grigory was one of the pioneer oil prospectors of the
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garments. She continued designing through the end of the 1960s.
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