Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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Publisher signals
67/100
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Cher and Bob Mackie were so sartorially intertwined, it’s hard to see where one ended and the other began.
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other → intertwine → ?
And after Mackie’s death in September, the “Believe” singer lost not only a career-long collaborator, but also a close friend.
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singer → believe → collaborator
The singer spoke with Vogue about the iconic designer’s influence on her style, saying, “I remember every moment.”
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I → speak → moment
“With Bob’s clothes, you could wear them inside out: They were so beautifully made.
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They → wear → them
Other people might have copied his dresses, but they didn’t create them as he did,” Cher said.
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Cher → copy → them
One of Cher’s most well-known Mackie looks was the naked dress she wore to the 1974 Met Gala.
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she → know → Gala
Attending on Mackie’s arm, Cher wore a gown (dubbed “The Dress”) that was crafted of a completely sheer mesh with all-over embroidery.
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that → attend → embroidery
The hem and sleeves were sewn with feathers that moved with the wind as she walked.
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she → sew → wind
It was, as it turns out, Cher’s personal favorite Mackie moment.
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it → turn → ?
“Bob, Vogue, and I were doing a decades [photo shoot] of dresses from the 1920s to 1970s,” she recalled.
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she → do → 1970s
“When we were going to the Met, I had no idea what to wear, and we were like, ‘Bob, what about this dress [from the shoot]?’”
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we → go → shoot
In a shocking share, the singer revealed that the material used for said dress, called soufflé, was actually “illegal in America.”
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material → reveal → America
What’s more, it was Marlene Dietrich who smuggled the fabric over to the States on Mackie’s behalf.
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who → ’ → behalf
“I remember coming in for a fitting, and I could see this little kitchen.
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I → remember → kitchen
This woman was taking things out of the refrigerator and putting them into the trash can.
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woman → take → can
I had no idea what she was doing,” Cher told Vogue.
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Cher → have → Vogue
And he was like, ‘That’s Marlene Dietrich!’
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That → ’ → ?
She brought the material that we were making the dress out of.”
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we → bring → dress
The 80-year-old certainly has a signature style, but she credits Mackie with shaping her look.
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she → have → look
“Without Bob, I would certainly not be a fashion icon, because Bob really was so important in making me have my own look.
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me → make → look
I did other things on my own, but Bob was really the person that pushed me into those real glamour moments,” Cher said.
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Cher → do → moments
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