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...
| Published in: | Moment Magazine Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 34 - 44 |
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Moment Magazine
Jul/Aug2009
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