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Mainbocher (mĕn'bōshā`) (Main Rousseau Bocher), 1891–1976, American fashion designer, b. Chicago. He was known for his expensive, elegant evening clothes; cardigan sweaters with jeweled buttons; and high-waisted, long, and lacy or transparent ball gowns. He opened his Paris house of couture in 1929 and his New York house in 1939. He designed war uniforms for the WAVES and SPARS and made costume designs for stage productions. He introduced the strapless evening gown, and made the wedding dress for the Duchess of Windsor. His signature fashion designs included pearl chokers and short, white gloves.

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No references found			Christian Dior is usually credited with grasping the mood of the moment with his joyous, full-skirted Corolle collection of 1947, which launched Dior's New Look - but in 1939, before the outbreak of war, the Paris collections of Chanel and Mainbocher were both modelled on a full skirt and a wasp waist. Lean times and hemlines by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk Mainbocher, the Parisian couturier who dressed Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, Rosalind Russell and Mary Martin, also lived there, and guests included John V. Outsiders looking in as window designs draw attention to building by Real Estate Weekly She tells how the painfully shy Mainbocher, despite many invitations, refused to design for the theater until 1943, when he attended a backer's audition for One Touch of Venus and saw Mary Martin rehearsing: "Instantly he changed his mind and designed some superb Grecian-style costumes for the show. Broadway Costumes: FIT TO BE DANCED IN by OSTLERE, HILARY / Dance Magazine			main runner main sequence Main Sequence of Stars main sequence star main sewer main shaft main stack main stage main station main storage main store main stream main stroke main sweep main thermocline main tie main trap main vent main-and-tail haulage main-and-transfer bus main-band deoxyribonucleic acid main-line locomotive main-rope haulage system main-sequence star Maina Mainbocher Mainbocher, b. MAINBOL mainbrace Maindroniidae Maine Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Maine coon cat Maine de Biran Maine de Biran, Marie Francois Pierre Gonthier Maine de Biran, Marie François Pierre Gonthier Maine Lobster Festival Maine Memorial Day Maine State Parks Maine, destruction of the Maine, Gulf of Maine, Henry James Sumner Maine, Sir Henry Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, University of Maine-et-Loire mainframe mainframe programmer mainframe programmer/analyst mainframe systems analyst Mainichi Shimbun			Main-hamper Main-Kinzig-Kreises Main-line Main-line Main-line main-line locomotive Main-Line Operator Main-Lobe Jamming Main-Niles Association of Special Recreation main-rope haulage system Main-sequence Main-sequence Main-sequence star Main-sequence star Main-Taunus-Kreis main-topmast main-topsail Main/Alternate Telephone Number Main/Master Evaluation Center Main/Maximum Response Axis Main/Satellite/Tributary Network Maina Mainake Mainake Mainake Mainardi-Codazzi equation Mainardi-Codazzi equations Mainboard Mainboard Mainboard Mainbocher Mainbocher, b. MAINBOL Mainbrace Mainbrace Maindroniidae Maine Maine Maine Maine Maine Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group LLC Maine (state) Maine (state) Maine (state) Maine Academic Decathlon Maine Academy of Country Music Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Diabetes Maine Adoption Placement Service Maine Adult Education Association Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station Maine Air Toxics Initiative Maine Alliance for Arts Education Maine Alliance for the International Criminal Court Maine Alpaca Association Maine Amateur Wrestling Alliance Maine American Dream Initiative Maine Amphibian and Reptile Atlasing Project Maine Antiquarian Booksellers Association Maine Antique Tractor Club Maine Antiques Dealers Association

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