Alexandra Palmer (PhD), Senior Nora E. Vaughan Curator, Royal Ontario Museum, is author of several books, articles and contributor to exhibition catalogues including The Golden Age; Haute Couture 1947–1957, V&A, Publications (2007); Rippp!! Paper Fashion, Benaki Museum (2007); Christian Dior et le Monde, Musée Dior à Granville (2006); Un Secolo di Moda. Creazioni e Miti del XX Secolo Villa Medici (2003). Couture & Commerce (2001) won a Clio award and was also a major exhibition at the ROM. She...