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Arnold (1931). Canadian designer. His clothes are haute couture, with elegant, low-cut necks and sometimes decorated with feathers or fur. His real name is Arnold Isaacs, but since he was young he has preferred to spell his surname backwards. Having studied in Montreal, he moved to Paris where he completed his studies at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. He then went to New York where he worked for Charles James from 1951 to 1953, learning various tailoring techniques. In 1957 he opened his own ready-to-wear fashion house in a townhouse in New York but, from 1963, he began to focus exclusively on haute couture. His most famous clients have been Barbra Streisand, Claudette Colbert, Elizabeth Taylor, Margot Fonteyn, Aretha Franklin and former First Lady Barbara Bush.