• • Mae West would relax in her limo — as salesclerks from Bullocks Wilshire department store brought a selection of designer dresses for Mae's inspection.
• • Joan Mitchell, 78, who worked there as a model and salesclerk from 1947 to1971, hand-delivered gowns to West's penthouse at the nearby Ravenwood apartments, she said in a recent interview.
• • A dwindling number of former buyers, salesclerks, and models will return to the 78-year-old Art Deco landmark on 28 July 2007 for two rare public tours and a trip down the aisles of mercantile memory.
• • The retail emporium was built in the 1920s by John Gillespie Bullock and Percy Glen Winnett, both Canadian immigrants and owners of the original Bullock's in downtown Los Angeles. The site at Westmoreland Avenue and Wilshire, about three miles from downtown, was considered the suburbs but was conveniently close to wealthy Hancock Park. Architects John and Donald Parkinson, a father-son team who designed City Hall and Union Station, were commissioned to create a style that appealed to affluent shoppers.
• • L.A. Times Staff Writer Cecilia Rasmussen has written an intriguing backward glance, peppered with Hollywood's notables, that is, the biggest names and the deepest pockets.
• • Enjoy the entire Los Angeles Times article online • • www.latimes.com
• • Section: L.A. THEN AND NOW
• • Title: "A shrine to style and sophistication"
• • Byline: Cecilia Rasmussen
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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