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Adele Simpson (December 8,〔 1903〔''Adele Simpson'', American Decades 1940 ''-'' 1949, Victor Bondi, Gale Research, 1995, pg. 195.〕 '' – '' August 23, 1995)〔''Adele Simpson, 91, a Designer And Postwar Fashion Leader'', New York Times, August 24, 1995, p. D21.〕 was a child performer in vaudeville who danced in productions with Milton Berle and other entertainers.〔''Adele Simpson'', Biography News, March/April 1975, p. 444.〕 She became a fashion designer whose influence continued for nearly five decades. ==Design career== Born Adele Smithline, she was the fifth daughter born to Latvian immigrants. At 21 she completed her design curriculum at the Pratt Institute. Simpson took the place of her older sister, Anna, as head designer for Ben Gershel, which was a prominent 7th Avenue ready-to-wear fashion house.〔(SIMPSON, Adele ), Fashion Encyclopedia〕 Some years later she began work for Mary Lee, a business also based on 7th Avenue.〔 She introduced her medium-priced line of clothing in New York in 1949.〔''American Decades 1940 ''-'' 1949, Victor Bondi, Gale Research, 1995, p. 171.〕 She adapted French couture and presented it with an American ready-to-wear translation.〔 Also in 1949, Simpson bought Mary Lee and renamed the company Adele Simpson. In 1971 Simpson's business address was Adele Simpson, Inc., 530 7th Avenue, Manhattan, New York. Her homes were at 5 East 78th Street, New York City 10021 and 61 Porchuck Road, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830.〔''Adele Simpson'', Current Biography Yearbook, H.W. Wilson Company, 1971, p. 397.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adele Simpson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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