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Quoted And Noted: Betsy’s Haute Time

October 16, 2009  5:37 pm

It’s different. The designers used to come down [to the atelier] and do your fittings. You really got a lot of attention. And now the prices are beyond. You have to be Russian or Middle Eastern.
—Betsy Bloomingdale to WWD on the old days of haute couture.

Her upcoming exhibit at Los Angeles’ Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and the Haute Couture, opens on October 21.

Photo: Ron Galella

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USER COMMENTS  (3)

  1. I’m sure the fashionistas out there will think this a crazy comment, but I simply adore these old fashion socialites like Betsy Bloomindale and the late Nan Kempner. Those old papparazzi photos from magazines like “W” really show a VERY chic world that doesn’t exist anymore except in very small pockets here and there. What passes for “society” now is a pretty poor performance if you ask me.

    By JohnAgee on 10/17/09 at 5:35 am

  2. [for fitting privileges] if one doesn’t have an oil pipe connected the their expense account, taking a trip to Eastern Europe might help. Your stylist will dislike knock-offs precisely as much as you do. Don’t take my word for it…

    By NotMod on 10/18/09 at 2:02 am

  3. Ditto, JohnAgee…

    I can only agree that such ‘pockets’ of polished bonne humeur are easier to pack along then to find. About as rare as blogs and reader’s comments talking to someone else but themselves [writing with regret for having missed your post, the first time around].

    Perhaps there is hope? In Venetta, Notten, Lim… Perhaps?

    By NotMod on 10/19/09 at 7:37 am

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