Jackie had Oleg Cassini. Lady Bird had Mollie Parnis and Adele Simpson. Betty Ford has Albert Capraro.
Capraro is a Manhattan-born designer who went into business last July after eight years as an assistant to Oscar de la Renta, and at 31 he is still relatively little known in the fashion industry. He was in his Manhattan office in January sketching some shorts and sun dresses for his summer collection when the phone rang: the White House. Betty Ford had noticed some of his designs in the Washington Star-News and wanted him to fly down to the capital to discuss his making...
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