Macy's

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Literary responses Gertrude Stein
Capitalizing on the opera's success, Macy's department store advertised Four Suits in Three Acts.
Hobhouse, Janet. Everybody Who was Anybody: A Biography of Gertrude Stein. Doubleday, 1975.
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The opera was a resounding success. George Gershwin and Arturo Toscanini were in attendance at the Broadway premiere. GS

Timeline

1874
Early in the Dress Reform movement, Boston dressmaker Olivia Flynt patented a corset-free bust-supporter or bra.