Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 11. P. 1, 36Z; Narrow Silhouette, Front View, Stressed in Models Import Group // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 23. P. 3, 26.
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Style Leadership Called City’s Due // New York Times. 1940. August 5. P. 15; O’Connor K. Anthropology, Archaeology, History and the Material Culture of Lycra // Writing Material Culture History / Eds: Anne Gerritsen, Grigorio Riello. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. P. 73–91.
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Members in Paris See FOGA Final Victor // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. February 12. P. 1.
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Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. April 6. P. 6.
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Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. May 16. P. 4; Perkins B. J. FOGA-Paris Plan to Check Delivery to Model Renters Interests Returning Buyers // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. May 3. P. 1; Perkins B. J. Trouyet, PAIS Piracy Defense Head, Resigns // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. May 26. P. 1.
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Perkins B. J. Glimpses of Paris: Many Advantages Seen in Air Service // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 11. P. 36Z; Perkins B. J. Shipping Paris Models by Air This Weekend // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 3. P. 4.
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Cohn J. W. Clipper Arrival from Paris Couture Openings Emphasize Fast Service // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 8. P. 1.
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Perkins B. J. Glimpses of Paris: Many Advantages // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 25. P. 1; Believe War Would Only Slow Couture // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 28. P. 1; Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. August 25. P. 1.
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Cannell K. Paris Couturiers, in United Front, Decide to Reopen Immediately // The New York Times. 1939. October 9. P. 3; General Assembly meeting minutes 9 April 1940. Lucien Lelong, 4–5, CSCPA.
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General Assembly meeting minutes 6 October 1939. Lucien Lelong, 1–2, 13. CSCPA; Perkins B. J. Couture Acts to Maintain French Style Leadership // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. September 5. P. 1; Buyers Here Wary on Price Boosting // New York Times. 1939. September 9. P. 32; FOGA Cables Encouragement to Haute Couture // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. September 8. P. 1, 35.
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Cannell. Paris Couturiers, in United Front. P. 3; Cannell K. Fashion Carries On Despite the Blackout // The New York Times. 1939. November 26. P. 114; Perkins B. J. International Fund Is Proposed to Help Preserve French Couture // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. September 11. P. 1, 19; Perkins B. J. Collective Paris Couture Showing in New York Suggested // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. September 18. P. 1, 18; General Assembly meeting minutes 6 October 1939, 3. CSCPA. The Fashion Group International, Wednesday afternoon, 27 September 1939, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, Edna Woolman Chase speech transcript, 28–31, folder 6, box 73, FG, NYPL.
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Perkins A. K. A Fashion Editor Writes of War-Time Paris // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. September 22. P. 4; Green N. L. The Other Americans in Paris: Businessmen, Countesses, Wayward Youth, 1880–1941. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014.
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General Assembly meeting minutes 6 October 1939, 1, 4, 7, 11–13, and 9 April 1940, 13–14, CSCPA; Cannell. Paris Couturiers in United Front. P. 3.
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General Assembly meeting minutes 9 April 1940, 13–14, CSCPA.
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The Fashion Group Inc., Wednesday afternoon 27 September 1939, Biltmore Hotel, New York City, Edna Woolman Chase speech transcript, 30, folder 6, box 73, FG, NYPL; L’Officiel. 1939. Vol. 218–219 (October). P. 29; General Assembly meeting minutes 9 April 1940, 13–14, CSCPA.
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Perkins B. J. Couture Carries On as Plans Widen for Midseason Openings // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. October 10. P. 1; Lelong Confirms Trend to Becoming Normalcy // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. November 2. P. 1; L’Officiel. 1939. Vol. 220–221 (Christmas). P. 38, 49.
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Veillon D. La mode sous l’Occupation. Paris: Payot, 1990; Molyneux Reendorses Full Skirts in Ankle-Lengths // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. October 23. P. 1; Perkins B. J. Paris Cheerfulness Inspires American Colony // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. October 11. P. 7; Perkins B. J. Glimpses of Paris // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. October 10. P. 8; Cannell K. Fashion Carries On. P. 114.
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Cannell K. Normal Styles in Paris // The New York Times. 1939. October 22. P. 64; Cannell K. Molyneux // The New York Times. 1939. October 29. P. D8; Silhouettes Vary in New Paris Modes // The New York Times. 193. 15 August. P.
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War Economies Help Paris Retaildom to Adjust Itself to Period of Lower Volume // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. October 11. P. 2, 25.
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Perkins A. K. Fashion Editor Writes. P. 4; General Assembly meeting minutes, October 6, 1939, 13–16; Cannell. Paris Couturiers, in United Front. P. 3.
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Ateliers d’Equipement Militaire de la Couture Parisienne, 282.302B, D33U3 1362, CPA. Committee meeting minutes, 6 October 1939, 2–3, CSCPA. General Assembly meeting minutes 9 April 1940, 3–4, and 28 January 1942, 36, CSCPA.
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Mad Carpentier. 282.252B, D33U3 1362, CPA. Marcelle Chaumont. 282.280B, D33U3 1362, CPA. Maison Charles Montaigne. 290.564B, D33U3 1386, CPA. Questionnaire relatif à la Classification Couture-Création, January 1952, Mad Carpentier, 1 Marcelle Chaumont, 1 AN F12 10504, FNA; Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. April 26. P. 1; L’Officiel. 1939. Vol. 217 (September). P. 24; Perkins B. J. Mme Vionnet to Form New Couture Firm // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. May 1. P. 28; New Couture House Opening // Women’s Wear Daily. 1939. December 22. P. 1; Perkins B. J. Marcelle Chaumont Is Name of New House // Women’s Wear Daily. 1940. January 18. P. 4; Perkins B. J. To Bar Radio Photos from Paris Openings // Women’s Wear Daily. 1940. January 22. P. 1.
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Perkins B. J. Glimpses of Paris // Women’s Wear Daily. 1940. January 18. P. 4; Women’s Wear Dail. 1940. January 22. P. 5; General Assembly meeting minutes, 9 April 1939, 20–23, and October 6, 1940, 24.
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Meeting of the Committee enlarged to the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, 2 April 1940, 4. General Assembly meeting minutes, 9 April 1940, Résolution n. 2
