The launch of Sputnik in the fall of 1957 left a bit of an impression on me — a homemade impression, a Christmas ornament ...

I wanted a poodle skirt.Of course, not everyone had one, but such a prize would have assured me of an enviable elevation in ...

The fashion world brims with origin stories. There’s Coco Chanel popularizing the little black dress in the cocktail culture of the 1920s. There’s Mary Quant staking claim to the miniskirt in London’s ...

Florence Schulman, one of the original makers of the poodle skirt, passed away at age 94 this week in Reseda. The native New Yorker launched her own children’s clothing company in 1952 and would go on ...

Carrie Robbins, whose more than 30 years as a Broadway costume designer saw her involvement in 1972’s Grease, for which she contributed the production’s signature poodle skirts, and the nuns’ habits ...

Charlot died on Sunday, according to The New York Times at her home in Tepoztlán, Mexico. She was born in New York on Oct. 26, 1922, named Shirley Agin, according to People Magazine and the Times. She ...

What’s a nice Jewish viscountess to do when she has a title but no money, a party invitation but no clothes and a pair of scissors but no sewing skills? Invent the poodle skirt, of course. That, quite ...