Eager Buyers Snap Up Margaret Lesher's Designer Wardrobe / Late Heiress them $ 1 lab rau khaub ncaws

Tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum nws yog ib tug muag khoom ntawm lub wardrobe teej tug mus rau lig cov ntawv xov xwm heiress Margaret Lesher, uas tuag xyoo tas los.

Tus socialite tus tsim khaub ncaws thiab khau, khaub ncaws hnav khaub ncaws thiab khoom siv - muaj nuj nqis ntawm $ 1 lab - raug muag rau ib feem peb ntawm lawv tus nqi qub uas yog ib feem ntawm kev sib hais haum ntawm nws cov cuab yeej cuab tam.

Kev muag khoom yog Labels, lub khw muag khoom me me ntawm Walnut Creek uas ua haujlwm rau cov poj niam uas muaj peev xwm them taus mus yuav haute couture tab sis muaj peev xwm txaus siab rau kev sib tham zoo.

Nag hmo, txawm hais tias muaj huab cua nag los nag, cov poj niam los ntawm thoob plaws hauv Bay Area tau tawm los ntawm kaum ob rau lub sijhawm kom muaj kev sib tsoo thawj zaug ntawm kev muag khoom, uas yuav txuas ntxiv mus rau rau lub hlis tom ntej.

Cov neeg coob coob mus rau hauv lub khw yog qhov xav paub - cov neeg mob siab rau pom qhov zoo li tus poj niam nplua nuj lub khaub ncaws zoo li - thiab qhov hnyav - cov neeg yuav khoom uas tsis tuaj yeem tau txais lawv daim npav rho nyiaj tawm sai txaus.

Cov neeg yuav khoom uas tau txais kev caw mus rau "kev muag khoom ua ntej ua ntej pawg neeg tuaj txog" yog thawj zaug ntawm tes. Raws li lawv tau tshawb xyuas los ntawm Chanel, Valentino, Versace, Oscar de la Renta thiab Mary McFadden, ntawm lwm tus, lawv tau haus dej cawv thiab noj cov khoom noj uas muaj suab paj nruag los ntawm ib tug txiv neej jazz pawg drifted los ntawm huab cua.

Thaum 4 teev tsaus ntuj. lub khw tau qhib rau cov pej xeem tab sis vim yog cov neeg coob coob, cov neeg siv khoom tsuas yog tso cai nkag rau hauv cov khoom me me. Ib kab ntawm kev zam - cov poj niam tshaib plab stretched raws phab ntsa sab nraud. Qee tus uas tuaj yeem pom los ntawm lub khw muag khoom lub phaj-iav qhov rais nias lawv lub ntsej muag tawm tsam nws zoo li cov menyuam yaus ntsia ntawm lub qhov rais ntawm lub khw muag khoom qab zib.

Trisch Kubasek ntawm Martinez hais tias "Peb tab tom poob dej thiab peb khib tag nrho cov khoom uas peb tau pom tawm hauv lub khw lawm," said Trisch Kubasek ntawm Martinez.

Lynn Hayworth, 29-xyoo-laus tus tswv ntawm Labels, tau tawm tsam ob peb lub hlis dhau los thaum cov neeg saib xyuas ntawm Lesher cov nyiaj $ 100 lab nug seb nws puas txaus siab pab muag cov khaub ncaws, uas muaj ntau dua 1,000 khaub ncaws, 400. nkawm khau, 100 hnab tes thiab 1,000 daim ntawm cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub.

"Kuv zoo siab heev," said Hayworth, uas qhib nws lub khw Newell Avenue tsuas yog yim lub hlis dhau los. "Cov khaub ncaws zoo nkauj - txhua qhov nthuav dav me me, txhua lub pob me me, tes stitching - yog li ntau ntawm cov khoom no zoo li artwork dua li tsoos tsho." Zoo li ntau tus poj niam, Lesher muaj lub txee dai khaub ncaws - hauv nws rooj plaub, txee dai khaub ncaws - muaj cov khaub ncaws ntau qhov ntau thiab tsawg. Nws khiav qhov ntau ntawm 6 mus rau 14.

"Nws yeej hloov pauv, puas yog nws?" hais tias Robin West ntawm Walnut Creek.

Qee qhov xwm txheej, qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov sib txawv yog vim cov neeg tsim qauv 'xav tau los ua kom lawv cov neeg siv khoom them nyiaj siab.

Hayworth hais tias "Ib qhov loj 6 hauv Chanel zoo li Asmeskas 8," Hayworth hais.

Karl Welm yog ib tug ntawm ob peb tus txiv dragged mus muag los ntawm nws tus poj niam. Thaum nws zoo siab mus los ntawm kev muag khoom, Welm dutifully sawv ze.

"Tus txiv txoj hauj lwm yog los ua tus muab nyiaj," hais tias tus txiv neej Livermore, tuav ib khob ntawm champagne nyob rau hauv ib tes thiab ib pob ntawm Lesher cov khaub ncaws nyob rau hauv lwm yam caj npab. "Thiab ua yuam kev." Ob teev tom qab tuaj txog, Welm thaum kawg nrog nws tus poj niam thiab $900 tus nqi ntawm cov khaub ncaws. Nws xav tias nws tau tawm yooj yim - nws tau muab rov qab $ 1800 Chanel nplua vim nws tsis haum.

"Nws yog qhov txaj muag uas nws tsis haum," nws hais rau nws nrog luag nyav.

Carolyn Campbell, tus tswv lag luam Walnut Creek, tau yuav $ 250 tus nqi ntawm Lesher's Chanel costume hniav nyiaj hniav kub. Nws xav tsis thoob, nws hais tias, los ntawm qhov loj ntawm Lesher lub wardrobe.

"Kuv paub Margaret, koj paub," nws hais hauv lub suab qis. “Peb mus rau tib tus kws kho hniav. Thiab qhov funny tshaj plaws yog tias txhua yam uas nws tau hnav yog dub Levi's thiab T-shirt dawb. " Tsuas yog cov ris tsho zoo nkauj yav tsaus ntuj, lub caij nplooj zeeg thiab lub caij ntuj no khaub ncaws thiab khaub ncaws caij ski tau muag nag hmo. Caij nplooj ntoos hlav ensembles thiab Western hnav yuav raug coj tawm thiab muag tom qab Lub Ib Hlis.

Ntau yam ntawm cov khoom poob hauv tus nqi muag ntawm $ 200 txog $ 2,000. Keeb kwm, ib co nqi ntau npaum li $10,000.

Lesher poob rau hauv lub pas dej Arizona thaum lub Tsib Hlis 1997 thaum mus pw hav zoov nrog TC. Thorstenson, uas nws tau sib yuav tom qab nws tuag ntawm nws tus txiv thib ob, Contra Costa Times publisher Dean Lesher.

Cov ntawv xov xwm heiress pom meej muaj saj rau cov xim ci, hlaws thiab sequins, pluab thiab plaub. Nws wardrobe ranged los ntawm conservative lag luam suits mus rau outlandish. Cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau hauv taw tes: plaub zoo tib yam ostrich feather tsho hauv liab, pea-ntsuab, fuchsia thiab dawb. Nrog cov kaus mom zoo sib xws.

Seb cov neeg yuav khoom nyiam qhov lawv pom yog nyob ntawm lawv saj. Ntau tus tau zoo siab los ntawm Lesher qhov kev xaiv hauv khaub ncaws. Lwm tus pom nws me ntsis gaudy.

"Kuv thawj qhov kev xav thaum kuv taug kev hauv no yog, 'tus poj niam no tau saj tsis zoo'," West hais.

Tab sis qhov ntawd tsis tau txwv nws los ntawm kev taug kev tawm ntawm lub khw nrog ib qho ntawm Lesher lub tsho khuam plaub.