Word: heusen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...best to wrinkle the collar along the edge. But the collar wouldn't wrinkle. To Seymour J. Phillips, 46, president of Phillips-Jones Corp., this was a historic occasion, as historic as the one more than 20 years ago when the company brought out its famed Van Heusen collar* and revolutionized the shirt industry. Phillips hoped to start another revolution with his no-wrinkle collar. He had worked the trick by weaving the several plies of cloth used for an ordinary collar into a single thickness...
...Named for Inventor John M. Van Heusen who, by weaving cloth in a curve, achieved a collar with a graceful "fold" line, avoiding the "gaps" that occur when a straight piece of cloth is bent into a circle...
...Published by Burke & Van Heusen, Inc., by arrangement with Crestview Music Corp. Copyright...
Nellie Bly (book by Joseph Quillan; music by James Van Heusen; lyrics by Johnny Burke; produced by Nat Karson & Eddie Cantor) is the eighth musical in which breezy William Gaxton and quavery, befuddled Victor Moore (Of Thee I Sing, Louisiana Purchase) have been starred together. It may also be the last: they are considering turning over their respective talents to Hollywood. As a farewell party, Nellie Bly proves a pretty dismal frost; it even casts something of a blight on the guests of honor...
...Copyright: Burke and Van Heusen...