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After graduating in 1925, Hawes was determined to go to work in Paris to learn the fashion business firsthand. She found a job at a Paris copy house that followed famous French designers. In 1928 she quit to make sketches for American buyers and manufacturers in Paris. This work consisted of accompanying buyers to the important fashion openings and sketching those dresses they wanted to copy but did not wish to buy. Combining writing with drawing, she also worked as the Paris correspondent for The New Yorker and an American fashion syndicate.
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