Word: trousseaux
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...London the family had been sedulously boning up on South African history, politics, economics and the Afrikaans language (they could all now say a cheery "How do you do?"-Hoe gaan dit?-to their hosts) while Britain's leading designers, Hartnell, Molyneux and Thaarup, labored feverishly on trousseaux. Fashion reporters were invited to see the new clothes but editors had to sign a solemn promise that the clothes would not be described until the royal ladies had appeared in them. Meanwhile, hints kept Britain's newspaper readers in more or less breathless anticipation...
Productions may soon have to be less fancy-priorities constitute one threat, transportation another. Lavish musicals, such as used to travel in several baggage cars, will either have to go lighter on trousseaux or give up tours and tryouts...
...Francisco. There Mrs. Magnin picked a shop between the business and residential districts to catch the trade both ways. Isaac Magnin carved and Mrs. Magnin sold notions. An energetic, dominating woman, handy with her needle, Mrs. Magnin began to make and sell fancy baby clothes, gradually branching into trousseaux. The shop followed the fashionable neighborhoods, and before long I. Magnin & Co. was a San Francisco institution. Eventually the business took on a corporate existence, though the public was not let In until...
...lashes are real hair, imported from nuns in certain Italian convents at $8 a pound. Though many a doll is sold naked or equipped merely with a diaper and safety pin, complete wardrobes are available. In Cleveland in 1928 a heavy demand was found for dolls' trousseaux (including evening dresses and ermine wrap) retailing...