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How modernist queen Frances Burke kept wartime Australia looking fabulous

How modernist queen Frances Burke kept wartime Australia looking fabulous
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By Janice Breen Burns
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Nanette Carter and Robyn Oswald-Jacobs would dearly love the subject of their book
Frances Burke – Designer of Modern Textiles NOT to be remembered primarily as a fashion icon.
“You’re not … it’s not going to be all about …” Oswald-Jacobs’ pleas are delicate, not to offend this fashion writer assigned to their story; “Not all about … fashion …?”
Well no. But oh. It’s hard to flick quickly past what a crackingly fashionable character Burke was. What a thoroughly modern, elegantly gay, hats-and-pearls working woman of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. Her work was not only sought by the seminal young architects of the mid-century modern era but her lady clients were known to commission Bu ....

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Cities are making covid-era street changes permanent. Some are facing pushback.

Cities are making covid-era street changes permanent. Some are facing pushback.
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People enjoy a stretch of Beach Drive, which was closed to weekday car traffic in April. Many cities that shut streets during the pandemic are looking at how to keep some of the changes in place. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)
Paris barred most cars from the majestic road that goes past the Louvre Museum, then months later announced it would keep it that way. New York followed suit, making permanent a program that clears space on public roads for walking, biking and, in the case of 34th Avenue in Queens, Mexican folk dance classes. ....

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Stars and Stripes - Cities making covid-era street changes permanent; some are facing pushback

Stars and Stripes - Cities making covid-era street changes permanent; some are facing pushback
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