7 Fashion Passages From The Ballet Lover
- BOOKS & FASHION, BOOKS & HISTORY
- September 19, 2017
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The following passages depicting transatlantic fashion from London and Paris to New York in the 1970s are taken from the novel The Ballet Lover by Barbara L. Baer. The book is available at Open Books Direct. “Natalia Makarova entered from the wings in pink toe shoes that squeaked newness. She wore a tulle skirt too
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