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April 20, 1976 - Wisconsin State Journal
Albert Capraro's O.D. Print
A super city look in soft alive drab cotton sprinkled with tiny eggshell flowers..............and sporting a great little sundress under the jacket!
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April 1978 - @harpersbazaar
One is not enough
AlbertCapraro-the one who dresses you. Now there's another Capraro. The designer of a new luminous look for eyes: jewel-like frames so light they barely brush the skin, and shaped purely for prettiness.
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April 1979 - Town & Country Magazine
BEYOND TIME: SICILY
Photography: Bill Silano
Golden hued Dorie columns raising the Temple of Concordia in Agrigento with the same strength and grace they did in 450 B.C. The temple, which owes its preservation to its use as a church after the sixth century A.D., offers this serine view to guests at the Hotel Villa Athena, as they waken and fall asleep. The charming hotel is the ultimate in comfort and exemplifies the warm hospitality of Sicily. White crepe dress, a bias-cut draping from suspended from slim straps, by Albert Capraro.
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March 31, 1975 - Alabama Journal
A duo of dresses in poetic old-fashioned flower bordered cottons are for a summer a la provencal. (left)
Two black and white polka dot costumes offer the romantic look and the sophisticated look. (Right)
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March 30, 1981 - @latimes - @saks
Viewpoint: Silk Organza From Albert Capraro. Reality Born Of Illusion.
If you believe that a fabric as sheer and precious as silk organza could lift you up into a fantasy of delight…if you believe that a color. could be so fragile that it would, if dropped, shatter into a thousand pieces…then, you believe in the spirit of evening dressing as Albert Capraro envisions it.
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March 29, 1976 - Parsons - Ford Library Museum
First Lady Betty Ford receives Parsons Award and is pictured with designers (Left to Right) Donna Karan, Donald Brooks, Albert Capraro, Kasper, Kay Unger, Chester Weinberg, Liz Claiborne, Shannon Rodgers, Leo Narducci, Anthony Muto, and Calvin Klein
#ALBERT CAPRARO#Fashion's Prince Albert#Fashion#Betty Ford#Calvin Klein#Donna Karan#Donald Brooks#Kasper#Kay Unger#Chester Weinberg#Liz Claiborne#Shannon Rodgers#Leo Narducci#Anthony Muto
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March 14, 1975 - WWD
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Rtw’s new stars
Drawings by Steven Stipelman
WWD photos
Thirty-one-year-old Albert Capraro, of Jerry Guttenberg, Ltd. hit the headlines recently when he paid a creative call on Betty Ford at the White House. Overnight success? Hardly. Capraro’s been behind the design scene for 11 years.
After Parson’s (where he picked up a Fernando Sarmi Gold Thimble), he worked briefly for Lilly Dache’s custom salon but left because, “I wanted to produce a series of ideas, not one thing for one person,” then went on to design evening clothes for the now defunct Jobere.
In 1966, Capraro became Oscar de la Renta’s better ready-to-wear assistant and, within two years, was doing the Boutique collection, but without design credit. “I was with Oscar eight years, and that’s a long time. I had grown as much as I could there and couldn’t afford to pass up this opportunity.
The “opportunity” was a partnership last July (with Jerry Guttenberg, Ben Shaw, and Tony Siano) and vice-presidency in Jerry Guttenberg, Ltd. to say nothing of having his own name on the label.
Capraro, a native New Yorker, combines the attitudes of a “hopeless romantic” (“When I see something lovely — a film, a gallery, a person — I try to get that into my clothes”) and a tough self-critic (‘I go over something again and again until it looks right to my eye”). The result is a summer collection, priced from $32 to $89, that swings from soft posh peasant looks to clean, crisp chintzes.
Capraro credits Mrs. Ford with “launching” him — “She even had some of my old La Renta Boutique clothes” — but claims that even before the White House publicity, “The business was in the black within six months.”
“I like to think of fashion as an art,” he adds, “because I approach it that way. But the supply and demand principle makes it a craft.”
Janet Reis, Saks Fifth Avenue Shop buyer, comments: “I’ve always believed in Capraro as a designer. His collection is fashion at a price, along with unusual fabrics, and that’s what people are looking for today.”
#ALBERT CAPRARO#Fashion's Prince Albert#Fashion#Janet Reis#Saks Fifth Avenue#Jobere#Lily Dache#Oscar de la Renta#Betty Ford
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March 12, 1976 - Berkshire Eagle
Albert Capraro has captured the mood of today's active woman in his spring collection. He likes cocoa and white stripes for a handkerchief-pointed tunic over slim cocoa-cotton pants, at left, and for the slim casual shirtdress at right. He tightly wraps the heads in matching fabric.
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Fashion Designer Albert Capraro appears on Night of 100 Stars II with Cristina Ferrare and Angie Dickinson, who model his designs. Broadcast this date in 1985 on ABC-TV.
#Albert Capraro#Fashion's Prince Albert#Fashion#Angie Dickinson#Cristina Ferrare#Night of 100 Stars 2
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March 7, 1976 - Orlando Sentinel
Albert Capraro stripes take a new direction in this halter sun dress with. a high-tied neckline and criss-cross back, strategically striped in tones of brown, beige and orange. Just one from our exciting new spring and summer collections.
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March 3, 1978 - @latimes
Mrs. Gerald Ford lunched with designer Albert Capraro at Ma Maison.
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February 1984 - @vogue
Architectural marvels. The towers of the city. The Bridge, are inspirations for a combination that's magical--a fusion of science and myth. The white collared, chalk-striped navy city ensemble (secretly it's a strapless) in polyester by Albert Capraro.
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February 1982 - @vogue
Secret Advertisement featuring an Albert Capraro designed gown.
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January 1976 - @harpersbazaar
IN THE AIR…..THE MOROCCAN LOOK
LONG & HOODED IN DESERT FLAME RED
A beautiful way to dazzle at night--Albert Capraro's flame-red caftan cut with the new narrowed-down slimness. And on the bodice, an embroidered Moroccan money pocket. In rayon. Ray Strauss scarf. Donna Nineberg for D.N. necklace. Azuma slippers.
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December 30, 1980 - In Fashion
Ringing In the New. The top designers look ahead to 1981 and beyond.
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December 30, 1974 - San Antonio Express-News
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A striking pair in navy and white dotted swiss polyester with rich white schiffli embroidery, designed by Albert Capraro for Jerry Guttenberg's resort collection. At left, the pantsuit is deep V'd over blouse belted in white grosgrain. At right is a full skirted dinner dress with flattering ruffled halter bodice, also belted in white.
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December 28, 1975 - Tampa Tribune - Slick, Slim, ~~ And Sexy
By BETTY VANCE - Women's Editor
Albert Capraro makes it crystal clear what type of woman he designs for: "Totally disinterested in looking kicky."
He says what his women followers want are "Clothes that say something new and interesting, but most important, are flatteringly feminine and show quality and taste."
In his resort and early spring collection, day and evening clothes are much slimmer, not actually cut narrow but with controlled fullness. "The purpose of all my clothes is to look slick and slim but have sexy movement. I still believe in softness and mobility."
The designer, who became a celebrity before he ever had a formal showing of his clothes, received a lot of attention when Betty Ford, wife of the President of the United States, chose some of his clothes after seeing some photos in the Washington Star.
Capraro entered the fashion field so quietly only a few people knew a talented newcomer had entered the fashion ring. He was an associate designer with Oscar de la Renta for eight years and an associate of Lilly Dasche before that. He joined an experienced team: Jerry Guttenberg, well-known fashion executive Tony Siano, in the financial side of the fashion picture.
Capraro, dedicated to "romantic but casual clothes combining luxury and comfort at a wonderful price," brought out his first collection in September '74.
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