August 2011
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WatchWe thought it wasn’t fair to force Bobby into choosing just one of his favorite songs. The man is music! So here’s Bobby’s Top Ten list as he deals with shipping off Amanda Uprichard dresses and blouses to destinations across the globe.
1. Melvins - The Hawk
2. Scars On Broadway - They Say
3. Hammerhead - New York?…Alone?
4. Deep Purple - Never Before
5. Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well
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Six questions for Bobby, AU Shipping Manager
1. Highlights from your job:
My title is shipping manager, but I wear a lot of hats. I check factory production, what’s being made, count dresses in, get production sheets, etc… I have a lot to do with production. I hear that tape gun going and that’s the sound of money to me.
2. Talking of hats… You modeled in your past life. Tell us more and about how that translates into your...
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“The poet makes silk dresses out of worms”
– Wallace Stevens, American Poet
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Just where did the maxi dress come from? Some of us over here at AU think of togas and stolas, long drapey clothing from antiquity. Others insist that the inspiration for the maxi comes from the long elaborate robes women wore in the Middle Ages with tight corsets to boot, or of the floral bohemian gowns of the 1970s. A little research tells us the maxi dress made its earliest...
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