For 40 years, legendary clotheshorse Nan Kempner never missed a couture season. Which is why her closet was filled with 362 sweaters, 354 perfectly tailored jackets, 106 tiny bikinis, and the odd pair of cords from Bloomingdale’s boy’s department. One rabid collector’s life in clothes. ... Read the story
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From the Well-Stuffed Closets of Mrs. Thomas L. Kempner
For 40 years, legendary clotheshorse Nan Kempner never missed a couture season. Which is why her closet was filled with 362 sweaters, 354 perfectly tailored jackets, 106 tiny bikinis, and the odd pair of cords from Bloomingdale’s boy’s department. One rabid collector’s life in clothes. ... Read the story
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