Word: ohrbach
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Ohrbach's, Bloomingdale...
...same effect is compounded by the two lead actors, Jerry Ohrbach and Jill O'Hara. Both are talented but neither is quite right. Ohrbach settles comfortably into the easy, audience-conscious manner Simon has designed for him, draws all the requisite laughs, sings at least passably on occasion, but has none of the timely flavor or the essential fascination of Jack Lemmon in the movie. Miss O'Hara has some charm and quite a voice when her range and Bacharach's coincide, but has not yet defined herself sufficiently beyond the realm of run-of-the-mill ingenues. Still less...
Organizing beautiful women to help publicize his clients (Piper-Heidsieck champagne, Haig & Haig Scotch, Manhattan Jeweler Harry Winston) is the way Manhattan-based Obolensky makes a living. When Alexander's department store in Manhattan decided to compete with rival Ohrbach's in copying original Paris dresses, they automatically turned to Obolensky, who pulled off a smash fashion show using models named Baroness Fiona Thyssen and Princess Ira von Furstenburg. "They were such good girls to do a favor," says Obolensky...
...discounters. With the opening of a new nine-story, marble-and-glass store directly across from Macy's, E. J. Korvette, Inc., has moved into Manhattan's bustling Herald Square-34th Street retailers' lair, which also houses such formidable outfits as Gimbel Bros., B. Altman and Ohrbach...
Once bought, the clothes are rushed off to New York. On arrival, the cartons are rushed to a select group of Seventh Avenue manufacturers who do the copying job for Ohrbach's and Alexander's on special consignment. The appropriate European clothmaker, contacted in Paris, has already sent along precisely the same fabric that went into the original. But sometimes the search for just the right button or strap can take days. When copying time comes, the originals are never taken apart...