As a young career woman struggling to make ends meet in Manhattan in the early 1940s, Ruth Finley was an intern at the New York Herald Tribune and helped set up window displays at the Lord & Taylor department store. Finally, she invented a more secure role for herself: de facto scheduling chief for the fashion industry. Ms. Finley began publishing the Fashion Calendar, helping designers ensure that their showings of new collections and other events wouldn’t conflict with those hosted by rivals. She sometimes fielded as...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 31, 2018 14:26 UTC