Who Was Altina Schinas
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Altina Schinasi was born 1907 in Manhattan, New York City, to immigrant parents.
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1925 Schinasi moved to Paris to study painting at the Académie Julian
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1929:
Schinasi returned to New York and founded her own eyewear company, Schinasi Optical
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1939
Schinasi's cat-eye frames, known as the Harlequins, were introduced to the public.
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1940s: The Harlequins became a fashion sensation, worn by celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.
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1960: Schinasi produced a documentary about her former teacher, the artist George Grosz, titled "George Grosz's Interregnum.
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1993:
Schinasi died in New York City at the age of 85.
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