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The glamorous women in his drawings modelled both couture and high-end ready-to-wear garments with equal panache and elegance. Couture dresses and suits by leading Paris and London couturiers such as Christian Dior, Pierre Balmain and Norman Hartnell were drawn with the same flair as designs from British ready-to-wear labels such as Susan Small, Roecliff & Chapman, and Marcus. The articles described the fashion developments of their day in simple, accessible terms that contributed greatly to <i>The Lady</i>'s popularity with its readers. Pencil notes record the designers, fabric and colour details, alongside technical instructions to the printers as to how these images should be incorporated into the printed page and at what scale.","physicalDescription":"NB: This description is for E.1582:1&2-1954. The record is for one of two parts.\r\n\r\nTwo joined drawings of afternoon or cocktail dresses by Marcus/Marcusa. On the left, a full-skirted Marcusa dress with a wedding-ring collar and short sleeves, called \"Aladin\" (sic), in black grosgrain, the model wears a small black hat, hoop earrings and black gloves and holds a cigarette holder. On the right, a pencil-skirted cocktail dress by Marcus, in black, with a  grey corde sash and skirt drape, the skirt described as \"queen length\". This design is called \"Bobènienne\". The model wears a small white hat and a bracelet.\r\n\r\n1 of 94 sheets of fashion drawings.  Inscribed with the designers' names, descriptions in French, and dated on the back.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Fromenti, Marcel","id":"A22072"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Messrs. W. & O. 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