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knew I was leaving Ohio. I don’t plan things and never have. I had a boyfriend after high school — I didn’t really even like him — who said, “Do you want to go with me to L.A.?” So I went. I wandered Hermes evelyneinto Fred Segal and instantly I knew this was where I wanted to be. scattering dust on them and otherwise distressing them — to make the finished images redolent of decay. She employed faded color, black-and-white and sepia tones; prints were often deliberately overexposed, rendering her subjects spectral. The settings were as striking as the subjects. Ms. Turbeville’s photos are awash in ruin:

 she favored places like grimy, deserted streets, abandoned warehouses and, in the image that nearly 40 years ago horrified the public and cemented her reputation, a decrepit New York bathhouse. “I can’t deny that I design the background,” Ms. Turbeville told The Times in 1977. “A woman in my pictures doesn’t just sit there. In what kind of ns, sales, and marketing. I did the design and took care of the product and quality. I always worried, whether we were doing $200 or $200 million. The Hermes faux crocodilebusiness was always scary and stressful to me, especially before bringing a new line out.

By 1964 annual revenue was $450,000. MORE: Hermes lindyHow AutoZone went into overdrive Lots of mistakes happen with handmade knitted garments. The challenge was to get our quality and fit uniform across the board. Nobody else was doing knits. I wanted to make clothes that were flattering, that made a woman feel stron On Going East Fred Segal brought me to New York on a buying trip and took me to Fiorucci. I said to myself, “I’ll be working here in six months.” It’s corny, but as soon as I saw that skyline I was home. At Fiorucci, I met Joey Arias and Klaus Nomi, and suddenly, instead of being a freak in Ohio, I was among my people. Pat Field was the den mother