Template:Did you know nominations/Anne Fogarty

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The result was: promoted by Orlady (talk) 13:30, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Anne Fogarty

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... that after winning the 1957 Cotton Fashion Award, designer Anne Fogarty showed off dresses in goldfish colours?

Reviewed: Brigitte (dog)
Comment: A whimsical little hook - there are several other options, but I couldn't resist the goldfish...

Created/expanded by Mabalu (talk). Self nom at 04:04, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

New enough, long enough, cute hook, supported. The article is clearly written, well organized, neutral, and seems to cover the topic adequately (I am no fashion expert). I checked about half the references (I was able to find all the newspaper reports I looked for online, one syndicated in a different paper under a different headline) and found no copyvio. I do wonder what the source was for the information on her last, freelance collection, I couldn't find the sheath dresses in the cited source, and I would render "less serious" as "fun" fabrics rather than "practical," but these are small quibbles; the article is well referenced overall. Might it not be a good idea to convert to US spelling/usage given the topic?

Would you like this one to go up on International Women's Day on March 8, or would you prefer not? Yngvadottir (talk) 21:08, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Good point re the US spelling! I'll get onto that. Also thanks for the catch on the high waisted sheath dress reference - I think that was from a page that was decided not to be a reliable source and the references got a bit mixed up. The last freelance collection ref was also from that page, so I think I will just remove it if I can't find anything online - she died in January '80 so I don't think she had much time to do any designing that year. International Women's Day would be good if you think this is appropriate. Thank you for the feedback. Mabalu (talk) 21:52, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

I have made the revisions and tried to de-British English my copy, let me know if I missed anything. Also added some references (and a bit more info) from New York Fashion to support the missing references you noted. Mabalu (talk) 23:33, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Good deal, I see the new refs and that you did find one for both the last collection and the sheath dresses after all. I further Americanized it - and I'll move this to the special occasions holding area. Yngvadottir (talk) 00:05, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

I further Americanized it and localized it. It's not the Pratt Institute, it's just Pratt Institute. But it's The New York Times. Also fixed two instances of single quotes where US usage is for double. Marrante (talk) 21:41, 23 February 2012 (UTC)