Betty Halbreich
Betty Halbreich | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Chicago, 17 Nuwamba, 1927 |
Mutuwa | New York, 24 ga Augusta, 2024 |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | marubuci |
Betty Ann Halbreich (Nuwamba 17, 1927 - Agusta 24, 2024) ba'amurka ce kuma yar kasuwa, haka zalika marubuciya, wacce ta yi fice don irin aikinta a kantin kayan alatu na New York Bergdorf Goodman, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin Darakta na Magani. Memowarta ta 2015, mai taken Zan sha zuwa Wannan: Rayuwa a Salon, tare da karkatarwa, an nuna shi akan jerin Mafi kyawun Mai siyarwa na New York Times.[1]
Farkon rayuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An haifi Halbreich Betty Ann Samuels a Chicago a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 1927, ga Morton Samuels da Carol Freshman, waɗanda suka sake aure jim kaɗan bayan haihuwar ta.[2] Mahaifiyarta ta auri Harry Stoll, ɗan kasuwa, kuma ta girma a unguwar Yahudawa masu wadata a Kudancin Chicago.[3] Mahaifinta yana gudanar da shagunan sayayya kuma mahaifiyarta tana da kantin sayar da littattafai.[4]
Iyalinta Yahudawa ne Jamusawa waɗanda suke yi bikin Kirsimeti. Iyayenta sun yi aiki da bayi da yawa a gidansu na Chicago, gami da masu dafa abinci na Turawa da kuma wata mai jinya.[5] Tun asali tana son zama mai zane ko zane-zane, kuma ta yi rajista a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago.[6] Ta kuma yi karatu a kwalejin Colorado.[2] Kusan wannan lokacin, yayin da take hutu a bakin tekun Miami, ta hadu da Sonny Halbreich, ɗan hamshakin attajiri mai haɓaka otal wanda ya mallaki Uwana Wash Frocks, wani kamfani na kera kayan gida da kayan wanka.[7] Sun yi aure a cikin 1947 kuma suka ƙaura zuwa New York, inda ta yi rayuwar zamantakewar a Manhattan[8].
Sana'a
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Auren Halbreich bai yi dadi ba, saboda yawan shaye-shayen da mijinta ke yi.[9] Ta yi yunƙurin kashe kanta, wanda yay dalilin shigar da ita makarantar tabin hankali.[10] Bayan ta warke, ta fara neman aikin yi, kuma ta yi aiki a cikin jerin dakunan nunin zane-zane a kan titin Seventh kuma daga baya don Chester Weinberg da Geoffrey Beene kafin a dauke ta aiki a Bergdorf Goodman a 1976 a matsayin abokiyar ciniki.[11] A kan shawararta, kantin ya ƙirƙira ofishin sayayya na sirri don Halbreich. Abokin cinikin ta na farko shi ne Babe Paley.[6] A matsayinta na darektan mafita a Bergdorf's, Halbreich ya yi hidima ga mashahuran abokan ciniki ciki har da halayen Hollywood, zamantakewa, da 'yan siyasa kamar Al Gore, Liza Minnelli, da Meryl Streep.[6]. Ta taimaka a cikin salo don wasan kwaikwayo na Jima'i da City da Gossip Girl, gyare-gyaren simintin gyare-gyare don nunin Broadway, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga salon fina-finai na Woody Allen, tare da masu zanen kaya Santo Loquasto da Jeffrey Kurland, kuma ta yi aiki tare da William Ivey Long. Ann Roth, da Jane Greenwood.
A cikin 1997 ta rubuta bayanin sirrin mai ilimin hanyoyin kwantar da hankali.[6] A cikin 2015 ta buga tarihinta na biyu, mai suna Zan Sha Zuwa Wannan: Rayuwa a Salo, Tare da Twist. Littafi na uku na rubuce-rubucenta, Babu Wanda Ya Gani Duka, za a fito da shi a cikin Afrilu 2025 tare da kalmar gaba ta marubuciya Lena Dunham.[12]
A cikin 2013 an nuna ta a cikin shirin Scatter My Ashes a Bergdorf's, wanda ya ɗaga bayanan jama'a.[13] Ta kasance ma'aikaciyar Bergdorf Goodman mai albashi har mutuwarta.[2]
Rayuwa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Halbreich da mijinta suna da yara biyu, Kathy Halbreich da John Halbreich.[6] Koda yake Betty da Sonny Halbreich sun rabu bayan shekaru ashirin da aure, kuma sun yi aure bisa doka har mutuwarsa a 2004.[14] Tun tana da shekarun sittin, ta kasance tana da dangantaka mai tsawo da Jim Dipple.[2]
Shekarar da Halbreich da mijinta suka yi aure, sun ƙaura zuwa wani gida a kan titin Park Avenue a Upper East Side na Manhattan, wanda ya zama gidanta har tsawon rayuwarta.[15] Ta mutu ta dalilin cutar kansa a wani asibiti a Manhattan a ranar 24 ga Agusta, 2024, tana da shekara 96.[16]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/still-asking-betty-halbreich
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Traub, Alex (August 29, 2024). "Betty Halbreich, 96, 'Most Famous Personal Shopper in the World,' Dies". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ↑ Donahue, Wendy (March 29, 2019). "Betty Halbreich: A life in style, with a few twists". Chicago Tribune.
- ↑ Tomlin, Annie (March 8, 2013). "Betty Halbreich – Bergdorf Goodman Personal Shopping". refinery29.com.
- ↑ "People – Betty Halbreich". WNYC. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Thurman, Judith (November 12, 2012). "Ask Betty". The New Yorker
- ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths Halbreich, Irwin (Sonny)". The New York Times. June 1, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ↑ "Bergdorf's Legend Betty Halbreich On Beauty And Aging". Into The Gloss. July 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Review: I'll Drink To That". www.thejc.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Book review of I'll Drink to That by Betty Halbreich". 40+ Style. October 17, 2014. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Bergdorf's Legend Betty Halbreich On Beauty And Aging". Into The Gloss. July 18, 2016.
- ↑ No One Has Seen It All. Running Press Book Publishers. August 5, 2024. ISBN 978-0-7624-8856-8. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
- ↑ "'Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's' documentary". EW.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ↑ Paid Notice: Deaths Halbreich, Irwin (Sonny)". The New York Times. June 1, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
- ↑ Shaw, Dan (August 18, 2013). "Her Home Away From Bergdorf's". The New York Times. p. RE5. Retrieved August 29, 2024
- ↑ "Betty Halbreich, Bergdorf's Legendary Personal Shopper, Dead at 96". WWD. August 24, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.