Fashion

[colliegirls]

Susan Graver said she designed for Bloomingdales ( must have been 30 years ago, hard to believe) and she is known as Dottie Graver. Really???? Who knows her by that??

She is something.

[kivah]

Dottie was her mother-in-law - who passed away.

[Judaline]

I heard her say when she was designing for Bloomingdale's she made a lot of polka dots because she loves them. She said people began to call her Dottie.

[hopi]

Susan has been telling this story for 31 years.

It has a life of it's own.

[I am still oxox]

@kivah

She was called "dottie" since she had so many items with dots on them, her mother in law was Audrey Graver

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@kivah wrote:

Dottie was her mother-in-law - who passed away.

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[insomniac2]

As others have explained, she was referring to her mother-in-law.

[faeriemoon]

No; her mother in law was Audrey Graver.  Susan"s nickname was Dottie because she used to design so many garments with polka dots.

[Katiesmom]

She tells the story often. As already explained, it was because she designed a lot of items with polka dots.

Her MIL was Audrey, not Dottie.

As for your "she is something" - how catty.. Were you working with her 30 years ago to know this is not true? Don't believe it? Just move on....geesh

[ALRATIBA]

So many versions .....

Apparently, SG has to keep repeating the story until you all get it right!  

[Caaareful Shopper]

The original post was 5 years ago. 

I would have thought it basically Susan Graver trivia today.