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Raymond was inspired to start Victoria's Secret after feeling embarrassed purchasing lingerie for his wife in a department store. [8] [9] To open the store, he borrowed $40,000 from a bank and $40,000 from his family. [10] Roy and Gaye Raymond worked together to design and launch the first store with a Victorian-inspired style.
Victoria's Secret is an American lingerie, clothing, and beauty retailer. Founded in 1977 by Roy and Gaye Raymond, [ 6 ][ 7 ] the company's five lingerie stores were sold to Les Wexner in 1982. [ 8 ] Wexner rapidly expanded into American shopping malls, growing the company into 350 stores nationally with sales of $1 billion by the early 1990s ...
Mary Pinchot Meyer. Mary Eno Pinchot Meyer (/ ˈmaɪ.ər /; October 14, 1920 – October 12, 1964) was an American painter who lived in Washington D.C. She was married to Cord Meyer from 1945 to 1958, and became involved romantically with President John F. Kennedy after her divorce from Meyer. Pinchot Meyer was murdered on the Chesapeake & Ohio ...
John F. Kennedy. John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. He was the youngest person elected president. [a] Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of ...
Signature. Jacqueline Lee " Jackie " Kennedy Onassis[a] (née Bouvier / ˈbuːvieɪ /; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of president John F. Kennedy. A popular first lady, she endeared herself to the American public ...
It's possible that Jackie was Jack's second wife. It is rumored that he and socialite Durie Malcolm eloped after a drunken party in Palm Beach in 1947. But John's father, Joseph P. Kennedy ...
Ray Charles. Ray Charles Robinson[a] (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and composer. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother ...
Film actor. Stage actor. Years active. 1924 - 1961 (film and television) John F. Hamilton (November 7, 1893 – July 11, 1967) was an American-born actor who worked for many years in the theater but only occasionally on film. He is probably best-remembered as Pops, father of Eva Marie Saint 's character, in Elia Kazan 's film classic On the ...