Word: fabricators
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Washington, before retirement to Mount Vernon, sternly squelched suggestions that Americans set up a monarchy with George Washington as its first king, but he wrote to friends that "something must be done or the fabric must fall . . ." His concern was not wasted; his was foremost among the influences which prompted the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which he served as chairman...
...denim revolution was helped along four years ago by Fabric Designer Mary Shannon, fashion stylist for North Carolina's Cone Mills, biggest U.S. maker of denims. She showed that the cloth had unlimited fashion possibilities. The company brought out more than 50 new kinds -stripes, plaids, multicolored combinations. At the 1949 showing, Mrs. Shannon herself appeared in a tailor-made denim dress of her own design, set off delighted murmurs in the trade. By the following year such designers as Brigance and Jane Derby had created rhinestone-studded evening dresses and town clothes of denim. One high-fashion stylist...
...Cleveland held its 35th arts and crafts exhibition, in the city's Museum of Art. There was something for every taste: 1,308 objects by 411 artists and craftsmen, from oils and watercolors to ceramic bowls, pewter boxes, jewelry, lithographs, displays of fabric printing, weaving, furniture. Museumgoers pounced on their favorite exhibits as fiercely as customers at Macy's, fought off rival buyers. Museum staffers estimated that by the time the show closes next week, 120,000 citizens will have visited it, and bought $30,000 worth...
Genevieve's success as a decorator is evident in the atmosphere of the Club. With a twist of odd fabric for a curtain, a dangling red shaded lamp, and a small record player equipped with Charles Trenet records, she achieves a complete and quiet atmosphere for the Champagne lounge on the second flood. A "Cocteau machine," which relays the orders for Rose or Alsatain wines from downstairs, completes the picture. In the restaurant on the ground floor, a strategically placed modern lamp or a bull fight poster are some of the fitting additions to the twenty-five checkered cloth covered...
...acted believing that the principle that one is innocent until proven guilty permeates both the legal and social fabric of our society. Nor did we lose sight of the current hysteria which has its effects upon legal endictments and prosecutions...