In
1969,
Lentheric Fragrances sponsored the
First Annual Tweed Designer Award.
Winner Barbara Abrams created this fall collection of tweed fashions for
Country Set.
Barbara was a senior at the
Parsons School of Design when she won this prestigious award, and she went on to teach at her alma mater for
20 years:
Ronnie Carol modeled these classic yet contemporary separates in green and gold in the
September 1969 Seventeen magazine:
http://www.minimadmod60s.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=23165
In contrast, brown tweed with Pippin-red accents was the popular color combination for
Fall 1957:
http://www.minimadmod60s.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=51399
Susan Camp
Senior Editor & Archivist
Tweed Fashions & Perfume ~ Seventeen 1969