from GHETTO to GLAMOUR: HOW AMERICAN JEWS TOPPLED PARIS COUTURE AND REDEIGNED THE FASHION INDUSTRY.

The article presents several Jewish designers that contributed to the fashion industry in Paris. Ralph Rueben Lifshitz who by then became Ralph Lauren, founded his own company in 1968, choosing the name Polo to evoke the power and style of the upper-class sport. Jacob Youphes who changes his name to...

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Publicado en:Moment Magazine Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 34 - 44
Autor principal: Neuman, Johanna
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Moment Magazine Jul/Aug2009
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Sumario:The article presents several Jewish designers that contributed to the fashion industry in Paris. Ralph Rueben Lifshitz who by then became Ralph Lauren, founded his own company in 1968, choosing the name Polo to evoke the power and style of the upper-class sport. Jacob Youphes who changes his name to Jacob W. Davis came to America from Latvia in 1854, and decided to the Old World life of a Jewish tailor. Adrian Adolph Greenberg was born to immigrants in Connecticut and studies in Paris. INSET: The Dark Side of the Garment Industry.