Charivari Founder Selma Weiser Dies at 84

Submitted by Eternity on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 20:29.
Max Eternity - From age 12 when I first discovered GQ magazine, there are certain things I will never forget. I will ever forget the stunning images of Iman. I will never forget Willie Wear. I will never forget Andy Warhol's Absolute Vodka illustration. I will never forget I Magnin and I will never forget New York's Charivari Boutiques; the pinnacle of cutting-edge fashion and sophistication.

GQ has long since lost its flavor, preferring celebrity to fashion.  And alas it seems that all good things must come to an end.

Now Iman -- married to David Bowie -- still looks as sculpted as ever, but Willie Wear is gone, Warhol has passed, I. Magnin is closed and now Selma Weisner, the founder of Charivari Botiques, has just crossed over as well.

God bless you Selma, and Charivari, I miss you too!
 
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Selma Weiser, Boutique Innovator, Dies at 84

By BRUCE WEBER

Published: June 16, 2009
 

Selma Weiser, who created Charivari, a forward-looking fashion boutique that grew into a retail mini-empire on the previously fashion-starved Upper West Side of Manhattan, and with it helped open the American market to international designers like Giorgio Armani, Issey Miyake and Claude Montana, died Friday in Manhattan. She was 84.  

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