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[PickyPicky3]

In 1986 Revson was housesitting in the Hamptons. Divorced from Revlon heir John Revson, she needed to make some money and disliked metal and plastic hairclips. It's reported she bought a used sewing machine and set to work. The rest was history.

She died Sept. 7 at age 78.

[Nonametoday]

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@PickyPicky3 wrote:

In 1986 Revson was housesitting in the Hamptons. Divorced from Revlon heir John Revson, she needed to make some money and disliked metal and plastic hairclips. It's reported she bought a used sewing machine and set to work. The rest was history.

She died Sept. 7 at age 78.

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@PickyPicky3 

Oh, that's funny.  Never owned a scrunchie and detested them in girls' hair but the fact that it was of a divorcee of noble heir to the Revlon empire makes it even funnier.

[PickyPicky3]

I love stories about people who find success in unusual ways after a change in circumstances. You would think with a life in the Hamptons and the Revson name, Rommy would have ended up selling real estate. But she turned to a sewing machine and invented an inexpensive item that made women and girls happy around the world.

Way to go, Rommy.

[Nonametoday]

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@PickyPicky3 wrote:

I love stories about people who find success in unusual ways after a change in circumstances. You would think with a life in the Hamptons and the Revson name, Rommy would have ended up selling real estate. But she turned to a sewing machine and invented an inexpensive item that made women and girls happy around the world.

Way to go, Rommy.

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@PickyPicky3 

It's a cute story and I am glad that she was able to make something of her creativeness and sewing machine.

[ECBG]

I loved scrunches and I have seen 4 inch wide scrunches in Channel's fashion shows!  They still look good! 

Good for any woman that makes it on her own!!!

[Desertdi]

Ummm...she did get a $2.4 million settlement....so she wasn't exactly poverty-stricken...

[PickyPicky3]

Looks like someone just started a Wikipedia page on her. Maybe we'll find out who her four husbands were. 

Also there's a 2016 article on why and how she moved to Arkansas that's really funny. Talk about relying on the kindness of strangers....

[Desertdi]