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special envoy; A rare combination of French style and American know-how, Susan Train has been making Paris magic for half a century.
Byline: Joan Juliet Buck
Arrive in Eski Khata at 4:00 p.m. and start to negotiate for the mules," Susan Train noted in 1966 in her Turkish report to Diana Vreeland. "About 5:30 p.m. we hoist ourselves into the wooden saddles, hung about with various bundles, legs in a position resembling an attempt at the splits, feet hanging (no stirrups) and little hands clutching the hump of the saddle (no reins) amidst piercing shrieks from Antonia, who has only once been on a horse in her life (not that what we were doing in any way resembled riding), we start off for Nemrut Dagh. . . . " Her location trips with Henry Clarke for Vogue-to India, Syria, Turkey, Jordan-were ...
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