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Henry R. Schlesinger


For All Your Death-Defying Needs

Whether you were Amelia Earhart, Ernest Hemingway, or a very hungover Clark Gable, the original Abercrombie & Fitch was the perfect store for adventurers of all stripes

The New York Yacht Club Goes to War

During World War I, the lavish yachts of New York’s richest families—replete with Tiffany interiors and pipe organs—were commandeered into hunting German submarines

The Prince of Parties

The Russian émigré Prince Serge Obolensky bestrode New York’s nightlife like a colossus

The Spy Who Dressed Me

During World War II, one of London’s most prominent fashion designers led a secret life as head of an espionage unit operating behind German lines