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Marianne Skanks is a 16-year-old model whose mother has designed a line of Afro fashions
Marianne Skanks is a 16-year-old model whose mother has designed a line of Afro fashions

Marianne Skanks is a 16-year-old model whose mother has designed a line of Afro fashions

Date8/22/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: Marianne Skanks is a 16-year-old model whose mother has designed a line of Afro fashions. With her father; sister and cousin; she's in an African dance group; the Ebonites; that's performed in the Hawk's Nest and Julie's restaurant. Black people; declares Marianne Shanks; are beginning now to do their own thing.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0099154F
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      Cooper, David
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      Native son: Right, designer D'Arcy Moses, whose nature inspired fashions were shown recently at the Festival of Canadian Fashion
      Native son: Right, designer D'Arcy Moses, whose nature inspired fashions were shown recently at the Festival of Canadian Fashion
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      4/16/1990
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      Norris, Dave
      4/4/1971
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      Dexter, Brian
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      2/1/1980
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      Combs, Erin
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      A chorus of thighs. Pierre Cardin, the Paris designer with 346 factories employing 70,000 people, introduced thigh-high fashions in his spring line la(...)
      A chorus of thighs. Pierre Cardin, the Paris designer with 346 factories employing 70,000 people, introduced thigh-high fashions in his spring line la(...)
      Cardin, Pierre, 1922-
      n.d.
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      Mahler, John
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      Argo wives who will model fashions suitable for football games at the Miss Argo Pageant on Oct
      Bezant, Graham
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      Fur fashions: Textile artist Paula Lishman models a cape made by knitting fur, which means the fur is inside as well
      Bock, Tony
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      Darrell, Dick
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      Teen queen from Windsor, Miss Teen Canada 1976, chosen last night from 28 finalists, is Shelley Lynn Homick, 1 16-year-old Windsor high school student who wants to be a fashion designer and model
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      Bull, Ron
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