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Garfinckel's, Gone With the Linen;The Pearl of F Street, Where Shoppng Had a Touch of Class
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| Publication : | The Washington Post (pre-1997 Fulltext)- Washington, D.C. |
| Author : | Sarah Booth Conroy |
| Date : | Jun 22, 1990 |
| Abstract (Document Summary) |
| For many of the fortunate, Garfinckel's was the wedding store. Enid Johnson, a Phillips Collection volunteer, bought her wedding dress-"the most beautiful dress, all re-embroidered lace and heavy satin"-there in 1951, after she graduated from Barnard College. "And a month before our wedding I was photographed in my dress at Garfinckel's. The wax orange blossoms that held my veil lasted to be used again for two of our daughters. When Diana was married, I bought my mother-of-the-bride dress at Garfinckel's." Other store executives appreciated Garfinckel's. Saks Jandel Vice President Val Cook bought her "coming-out dress there. My family lived in San Francisco, but I went to school in Baltimore. One day I saw it in the window and I had to have it-even though it cost my mother too much money. The gown was a knockoff of the Givenchy dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in `Sabrina' in 1954. Garfinckel's had an image and an aura-known for quality. The closing of such a Washington institution is a terrible thing for the city." "The store had a quietness about it. When I walked in there, I felt as though I was removed from the confusion on F Street, said Yvonne Clayton, a Museum of Natural History docent and bridal consultant. "Garfinckel's is my favorite store in Washington-where people cared about waiting on you. When I first began to shop at Garfinckel's, you would go sit down in the designer dress section and they would bring out clothes to show you." hide... | | For many of the fortunate, Garfinckel's was the wedding store. Enid Johnson, a Phillips Collection volunteer, bought her wedding dress-"the most beautiful dress, all re-embroidered lace and heavy satin"-there in 1951, after she graduated from Barnard College. "And a month before our wedding I was photographed more... |
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