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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifact Collection, Art…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifact Collection, Artifact No. 19980.57.12.
Mollie Parnis
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifact Collection, Art…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifact Collection, Artifact No. 19980.57.12.

Mollie Parnis

United States, 1899 - 1992
Molly Parnis, born Sarah Rosen Parnis, was an American fashion designer. In 1933, Parnis and her husband, Leon Livingston, started a company called Parnis Livingston Inc. on Seventh Avenue in the Garment District. In the 1940s she began designing solely under her own name. Parnis was best known for designing clothing worn by First Ladies, including Lady Bird Johnson, who became a close friend.
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