Dorothy Thorpe
Until the advent of the Mad Men
television series, Dorothy Thorpe’s designs languished in relative
obscurity, but once Don Draper began drinking out of her now famous roly
poly glasses with the silver band rim, her MidCentury creations
skyrocketed to fame once again.
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