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The young
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Shacter had a particular knack for going to Paris couture presentations, where sketching was not allowed, and memorising up to fifty looks from the show which he would accurately draw afterwards. This enabled Ben Zuckerman to offer clothing that closely reproduced the latest Paris
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After travelling Europe and touring the United States, Zuckerman came back to New York and launched his eponymous company "Ben
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Zuckerman, although he could not sew, was known as the "Master Tailor of
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to get names of all-American designers who would be appropriately patriotic choices to dress her for her role. After considering the request, particularly
Kennedy's request for designers who could reproduce Paris-style elegance, Vreeland recommended Zuckerman alongside
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on 29 July 1890, and immigrated along with his family when he was still a child. The family settled in
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in 1952, the Return Award in 1957, and the Hall of Fame Award in 1961. He was also a recipient of the
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