https://community.qvc.com/t5/Fashion/JR-SOPHISTICATES/m-p/122288#M9456 &lt;h1&gt;Junior Sophisticates&lt;/h1&gt; <DIV class="box"> <P>The <STRONG>Junior Sophisticates</STRONG> label was launched in 1948 by husband and wife Ben and Anne Klein. As the name implies, this line was for a junior, or smaller figure. The designer was Anne Klein, who designed adult clothes for petite women, a breakthrough in a market that had been based on cutesy and sweet designs. Anne Klein worked at Junior Sophisticates until the mid 1960s, when Anne Klein Studio and Anne Klein &amp; Company were formed.</P> <P>Written by Lizzie Bramlett, fuzzylizzie.com</P> <DIV id="imageCols" class="masoned" style="position: relative; height: 165px;"> <DIV class="imageDescr listStyle" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><A class="thickbox" title="from an early 1960s dress - Courtesy of bigchief173" href="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_big_vintagefashionguild_19406.jpg" target="_blank"><IMG class="medium" src="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_medium_vintagefashionguild_19406.jpg" alt="from an early 1960s dress - Courtesy of bigchief173" /></A> &lt;h4&gt;from an early 1960s dress <EM>Courtesy of bigchief173</EM>&lt;/h4&gt; </DIV> <DIV class="imageDescr listStyle" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 290px;"><A class="thickbox" title="from a 1960s jacket - Courtesy of chezmov" href="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_big_vintagefashionguild_47407.jpg" target="_blank"><IMG class="medium" src="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_medium_vintagefashionguild_47407.jpg" alt="from a 1960s jacket - Courtesy of chezmov" /></A></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:41:52 GMT marion325h 2011-10-17T02:41:52Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Fashion/JR-SOPHISTICATES/m-p/122288#M9456 &lt;h1&gt;Junior Sophisticates&lt;/h1&gt; <DIV class="box"> <P>The <STRONG>Junior Sophisticates</STRONG> label was launched in 1948 by husband and wife Ben and Anne Klein. As the name implies, this line was for a junior, or smaller figure. The designer was Anne Klein, who designed adult clothes for petite women, a breakthrough in a market that had been based on cutesy and sweet designs. Anne Klein worked at Junior Sophisticates until the mid 1960s, when Anne Klein Studio and Anne Klein &amp; Company were formed.</P> <P>Written by Lizzie Bramlett, fuzzylizzie.com</P> <DIV id="imageCols" class="masoned" style="position: relative; height: 165px;"> <DIV class="imageDescr listStyle" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><A class="thickbox" title="from an early 1960s dress - Courtesy of bigchief173" href="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_big_vintagefashionguild_19406.jpg" target="_blank"><IMG class="medium" src="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_medium_vintagefashionguild_19406.jpg" alt="from an early 1960s dress - Courtesy of bigchief173" /></A> &lt;h4&gt;from an early 1960s dress <EM>Courtesy of bigchief173</EM>&lt;/h4&gt; </DIV> <DIV class="imageDescr listStyle" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 290px;"><A class="thickbox" title="from a 1960s jacket - Courtesy of chezmov" href="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_big_vintagefashionguild_47407.jpg" target="_blank"><IMG class="medium" src="http://vintagefashionguild.org/files/images/_medium_vintagefashionguild_47407.jpg" alt="from a 1960s jacket - Courtesy of chezmov" /></A></DIV> </DIV> </DIV> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:41:52 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Fashion/JR-SOPHISTICATES/m-p/122288#M9456 marion325h 2011-10-17T02:41:52Z