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- Pauline Trigère was born on November 4, 1908 in Paris, France. She was a costume designer, known for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959). She was married to Lazar Radley. She died on February 13, 2002 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseLazar Radley(1937 - 1942) (divorced, 2 children)
- Received lifetime achievement award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 1993.
- In 1961, she became the first name designer to use an African-American model.
- Had two sons, Jean-Pierre Radley and Philippe Radley and a granddaughter, Karen.
- She wore only her own designs, and she generally punctuated them with several of her trademark turtle pins.
- Her 50th anniversary in fashion, a milestone reached by no other designer in this country, was celebrated in 1992 at a benefit fashion show and dinner at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.
- Fashion is what people tell you to wear. Style is what comes from your own inner thing.
- "Practicality has always been very important in my life and my designs. You have to make things functional, but that doesn't mean they can't be attractive" (interview with the Associated Press in December 2000)
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