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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

American, 1899 - 1992
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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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Additional LBJ Library holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/parnism Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/81434068Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/67821016