![]() ![]() ![]() “My appearance, the way I paired a print or tied a blouse, gave the illusion of confidence and mastery.” After more than a year without making a single sale, Halbreich suggested to management that she change her role to that of personal shopper. “I never had to look for work or even make a résumé for that matter,” writes Halbreich. The author’s sense of style trumped her lack of sales talent, and the novice sales clerk’s attire drew comment from fashion icon Carla Fendi. However, she commenced a new life when a friend convinced her to seek employment at Bergdorf Goodman. An early marriage transplanted Halbreich to the more competitive East Coast, and New York, she writes, “was an introduction to an aggressive pursuit of fashion I had never before known.” When the author’s 20-year marriage crumbled, she spiraled into depression, ultimately requiring psychiatric hospitalization. ![]() “From childhood to child bride to a childish mother, I had always been taken care of,” she writes. The author, 86, details her privileged upbringing in an affluent Chicago suburb during the 1930s. Her revealing memoir chronicles her career and personal life. ![]() For 40 years, Halbreich ( Secrets of a Fashion Therapist: What You Can Learn Behind the Dressing Room Door, 1997) has created fashion magic as a personal shopper with Bergdorf Goodman. ![]()
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