When.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network

2. Chiffon (fabric) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiffon_(fabric)

   Silk chiffon was very expensive, and it is with the development of synthetic chiffon, such as nylon chiffon, polyester chiffon, and rayon chiffon, that chiffon became more accessible and more popular for common usage. [1] [4] Since chiffon is a light-weight fabric which frays easily, bound or French seams must be used to stop the fabric from ...

3. White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_shift_dress_of_Jean...

   Designers quickly imitated the dress; according to The Age in 1966, "Last year's controversial Miss Shrimpton would have passed unnoticed in the crowd this year. Anyone with hemlines below the knee looked very 'old hat'." Angela Menz, the 2011 fashion competition winner, stated that "By today's standards, Shrimpton's dress was actually quite ...

4. All About Marilyn Monroe's Iconic White Dress (and the ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/marilyn-monroes-iconic-white-dress...

   Monroe wore the famous white dress in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder.The scene was filmed early in the morning on Sept. 15, 1954, on the corner of Lexington Avenue and ...

5. Valentino (fashion designer) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentino_(fashion_designer)

   Valentino was born in Voghera, in the Italian province of Pavia, on the 11th of May 1932.His mother named him after screen idol Rudolph Valentino. [2] He became interested in fashion while in primary school in his native Voghera, when he apprenticed under his aunt Rosa and local designer Ernestina Salvadeo, an aunt of noted artist Aldo Giorgini.

6. Chiffon cake - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiffon_cake

   The recipe is credited to Harry Baker (1883–1974), a Californian insurance salesman turned caterer. Baker kept the recipe secret for 20 years until he sold it to General Mills, which spread the recipe through marketing materials in the 1940s and 1950s under the name "chiffon cake", and a set of 14 recipes and variations was released to the public in a Betty Crocker pamphlet published in 1948.