Some 12 items shown on Wednesday were instore and online that day.
One of the items shown was an exercising bicycle called the Poni-Cycle, which provides a horseback-riding workout.
Miss Mercedes de Acosta, Mrs. Lydig's sister, estimates that the items shown represent an original cost of between $100,000 & $200,000.
The earliest items shown are stays, rigid 18th-century constructions of linen and baleen (whale bone), the latter a product of Connecticut's whaling industry.
A few years ago, Ms. Zittel moved to Joshua Tree, Calif., a desert area not far from Los Angeles, where she designed the Bauhaus-meets-Wild West items shown here.
You may wish to remind students of familiar games, such as the Memory Game, which uses pairs of cards face down, and another game where box full of items shown quickly and then removed, etc. if they are having trouble creating their own.
But, adding an old-school touch to this new commerce approach, if they want more information about items shown online, they can call or e-mail a sales adviser — a step meant to create a more personal interaction between the brand and its clients.
Ms. Grand, who selected the items shown, said it was merely intended to be an opportunity for customers to see the runway pieces up close and to examine the craftsmanship that cannot be seen in pictures.
With good pictures and some tit-bits about items "shown for the first time" and a back-story of pictures rediscovered, along with some history of the personalities involved, you can gain acres of coverage.
T: MEN A picture caption on March 4 with an article about a new book on Winston Churchill, "Churchill Style," by Barry Singer, using information from his publisher, misidentified one of the items shown among Churchill's personal effects.
A picture caption on March 4 with an article about a new book on Winston Churchill, "Churchill Style," by Barry Singer, using information from his publisher, misidentified one of the items shown among Churchill's personal effects.
