Charlot died on Sunday, according to The New York Times at her home in Tepoztlán, Mexico. She was born in New York on Oct. 26, 1922, named Shirley Agin, according to People Magazine and the Times. She ...

Carrie Robbins, whose more than 30 years as a Broadway costume designer saw her involvement in 1972’s Grease, for which she contributed the production’s signature poodle skirts, and the nuns’ habits ...

Juli Lynne Charlot, the inventor of the classic circle skirt, died on March 3, The New York Times confirmed. She was 101 years old. Charlot, who was born in New York on Oct. 26, 1922, found her fame ...

The fashion world brims with origin stories. There’s Coco Chanel popularizing the little black dress in the cocktail culture of the 1920s. There’s Mary Quant staking claim to the miniskirt in London’s ...

What’s a nice Jewish viscountess to do when she has a title but no money, a party invitation but no clothes and a pair of scissors but no sewing skills? Invent the poodle skirt, of course. That, quite ...