WOMEN DETERMINED TO SUCCEED

Women determined to succeed presents "Women of the Ages" who left their indelible mark on the world through art, music and great courage to live life to its fullest and at the same time in some instances save the lives of women, men and children who were in peril.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

JOSEPHINE BAKER CHEZ MAGNIFIQUE (c)

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by Polly Guerin Dear Josephine: Your legendary performance in Paris conquering racial prejudice, your Rainbow...

Sunday, October 25, 2009

FLEUR COWLES 'FLEUR ON FLAIR' MAGAZINE

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Thursday, October 22, 2009 FLEUR COWLES INTERVIEWED By Polly Guerin, Fashion Historian Dear Fleur: When I first met you at the Lowell hotel ...

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

THE LEGEND OF THE MINAUDIERE

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Everybody knows that accessories make an outfit, and it seems you can never have too many evening bags, especially a Minaudiere. The French ...

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

NANCY CUNARD: REBELLIOUS HEIRESS

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NANCY CUNARD : BORN TO BRITISH UPPER CLASS, THE BEAUTIFUL HEIRESS OF THE CUNARD SHIPPING FORTUNE, NANCY CLARA CUNARD (1896-1965) WAS A WOMA...

Friday, September 4, 2009

ELSA SCHIAPARELLI !!! "GENIUS" QUEEN OF SURREALSIM

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Dear Elsa: What could be more witty than wearing the Shoe Hat, a hat shaped like a woman's high heeled shoe. Only Madame Schiaparelli, t...

Thursday, September 3, 2009

SONIA DELAUNAY and ORPHISM (c) By Polly Guerin

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Dear Sonia: As a professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology I often spoke to my students about innovations in color and especially yo...

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

The Modernist Designer: COCO CHANEL

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FASHION THAT EPITOMIZES THE NEW INDEPENDENT WOMA N My dear Coco: The last time I visited your Maison de Haute Couture at 31, rue Cambon in P...

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Polly Guerin: Polly Guerin is an author/poet with four textbooks and 2 video productions as credentials as well as 4 books ready to be published. All my blogs are intended to become the basis for books to be published. PollyTalk From New York (c) is a current events blog about happenings in New York City. I have been PollyTalk columnist on the Internet, Big Apple News Network. AmazingArtDecoDivas blog features amazing women of notable character. I am on the board of the Art Deco Society of New York. The Fashion Historian blog gives pertinent insight into Polly's consummate knowledge about fashion history. Former professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Awaken Your Sleeping Beauty blog gives you pertinent information about holistic remedies for health, beauty, mind, body and spirit. I am on the board of the Edgar Cayce New York Center. I sing with the St. George's Choral Society and also serve on their Board. My little dog Colby is a rescue dog and I support animal charities. I hope you enjoy my blogs, please keep in touch.

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