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Sakowitz was a men's clothing store which grew into a small chain of family-owned high-end department stores based in Houston, Texas.It operated from 1902 until 1990. Sakowitz was responsible for launching many of the now-famous European fashion designers in America - among them Andre' Courreges, Yves St. Laurent Rive Gauche, Zandra Rhoades, Givenchy, and Erminegildo
Wyatt is the daughter of Ann Baum Sakowitz (July 28, 1913 - January 18, 2010, San Antonio) and Bernard Sakowitz (1907 - 1981), a prominent couple in Houston's Jewish circles. [3] [4] [5] They were married in July 1933. [6] Ann was once in negotiations with Louis B. Meyer for a movie acting contract, but abandoned it on Bernard's objection. [6]
It was the first regional mall in the Houston area, opening as Gulfgate Shopping Center on 20 September 1956 with Joske's, Sakowitz, Weingarten's, J. J. Newberry and W. T. Grant. [2] The architects were John Graham & Company. [3] Popularly known as Gulfgate Mall, many remember this being the first Air Conditioned mall in America
The Original Town & Country Village was built in the 1960s with Joske's and Sakowitz among its anchors. In 1983, the north end of the center was redeveloped as Town & Country Mall, anchored by the existing Joske's along with JCPenney, Marshall Fields (later Saks Fifth Avenue) and Neiman Marcus. The mall was torn down in 2005.
Style Temple, under Okonkwo's leadership, showcases its collection annually at the Lagos Fashion and Design Week. The brand has been hailed by Vogue, [10] Fashion Bomb Daily, [11] Elle, [12] Glamour, [13] and CNN [14] for its visionary take on womenswear.
A 2007 Texas Monthly magazine article called Wyatt the real "J. R. Ewing" of the Oil Business and described Oscar and his fourth [8] wife Lynn Sakowitz, a fixture of Houston social, fashion together as the beauty and the beast. [9] Known as a shrewd businessman, Wyatt was both beloved and hated, litigious and charitable.
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The so-called "Temple of Fashion", a collaboration of architect Ferdinand Chanut, decorator George de Feure and crystal sculptor René Lalique, incorporated a spectacular Salon de Présentation and two boutiques: a fur salon and a lingerie salon. 1923 was a very active year for the house: Vionnet co-founded the first anticopyist Association (L ...