Betty Ann Halbreich (Nuwamba 17, 1927 - Agusta 24, 2024) ba'amurka ce kuma yar kasuwa, haka zalika marubuciya, wacce ta yi fice don irin aikinta a kantin kayan alatu na New York Bergdorf Goodman, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin Darakta na Magani. Memowarta ta 2015, mai taken Zan sha zuwa Wannan: Rayuwa a Salon, tare da karkatarwa, an nuna shi akan jerin Mafi kyawun Mai siyarwa na New York Times.[1]

Betty Halbreich
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Haihuwa Chicago, 17 Nuwamba, 1927
Mutuwa New York, 24 ga Augusta, 2024
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An haifi Halbreich Betty Ann Samuels a Chicago a ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 1927, ga Morton Samuels da Carol Freshman, waɗanda suka sake aure jim kaɗan bayan haihuwar ta.[2] Mahaifiyarta ta auri Harry Stoll, ɗan kasuwa, kuma ta girma a unguwar Yahudawa masu wadata a Kudancin Chicago.[3] Mahaifinta yana gudanar da shagunan sayayya kuma mahaifiyarta tana da kantin sayar da littattafai.[4]

Iyalinta Yahudawa ne Jamusawa waɗanda suke yi bikin Kirsimeti. Iyayenta sun yi aiki da bayi da yawa a gidansu na Chicago, gami da masu dafa abinci na Turawa da kuma wata mai jinya.[5] Tun asali tana son zama mai zane ko zane-zane, kuma ta yi rajista a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Chicago.[6] Ta kuma yi karatu a kwalejin Colorado.[2] Kusan wannan lokacin, yayin da take hutu a bakin tekun Miami, ta hadu da Sonny Halbreich, ɗan hamshakin attajiri mai haɓaka otal wanda ya mallaki Uwana Wash Frocks, wani kamfani na kera kayan gida da kayan wanka.[7] Sun yi aure a cikin 1947 kuma suka ƙaura zuwa New York, inda ta yi rayuwar zamantakewar a Manhattan[8].

Auren Halbreich bai yi dadi ba, saboda yawan shaye-shayen da mijinta ke yi.[9] Ta yi yunƙurin kashe kanta, wanda yay dalilin shigar da ita makarantar tabin hankali.[10] Bayan ta warke, ta fara neman aikin yi, kuma ta yi aiki a cikin jerin dakunan nunin zane-zane a kan titin Seventh kuma daga baya don Chester Weinberg da Geoffrey Beene kafin a dauke ta aiki a Bergdorf Goodman a 1976 a matsayin abokiyar ciniki.[11] A kan shawararta, kantin ya ƙirƙira ofishin sayayya na sirri don Halbreich. Abokin cinikin ta na farko shi ne Babe Paley.[6] A matsayinta na darektan mafita a Bergdorf's, Halbreich ya yi hidima ga mashahuran abokan ciniki ciki har da halayen Hollywood, zamantakewa, da 'yan siyasa kamar Al Gore, Liza Minnelli, da Meryl Streep.[6]. Ta taimaka a cikin salo don wasan kwaikwayo na Jima'i da City da Gossip Girl, gyare-gyaren simintin gyare-gyare don nunin Broadway, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga salon fina-finai na Woody Allen, tare da masu zanen kaya Santo Loquasto da Jeffrey Kurland, kuma ta yi aiki tare da William Ivey Long. Ann Roth, da Jane Greenwood.

A cikin 1997 ta rubuta bayanin sirrin mai ilimin hanyoyin kwantar da hankali.[6] A cikin 2015 ta buga tarihinta na biyu, mai suna Zan Sha Zuwa Wannan: Rayuwa a Salo, Tare da Twist. Littafi na uku na rubuce-rubucenta, Babu Wanda Ya Gani Duka, za a fito da shi a cikin Afrilu 2025 tare da kalmar gaba ta marubuciya Lena Dunham.[12]

A cikin 2013 an nuna ta a cikin shirin Scatter My Ashes a Bergdorf's, wanda ya ɗaga bayanan jama'a.[13] Ta kasance ma'aikaciyar Bergdorf Goodman mai albashi har mutuwarta.[2]

Halbreich da mijinta suna da yara biyu, Kathy Halbreich da John Halbreich.[6] Koda yake Betty da Sonny Halbreich sun rabu bayan shekaru ashirin da aure, kuma sun yi aure bisa doka har mutuwarsa a 2004.[14] Tun tana da shekarun sittin, ta kasance tana da dangantaka mai tsawo da Jim Dipple.[2]

Shekarar da Halbreich da mijinta suka yi aure, sun ƙaura zuwa wani gida a kan titin Park Avenue a Upper East Side na Manhattan, wanda ya zama gidanta har tsawon rayuwarta.[15] Ta mutu ta dalilin cutar kansa a wani asibiti a Manhattan a ranar 24 ga Agusta, 2024, tana da shekara 96.[16]

Wannan Muƙalar guntuwa ce: tana buƙatar a inganta ta, kuna iya gyara ta.


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  1. https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/still-asking-betty-halbreich
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Traub, Alex (August 29, 2024). "Betty Halbreich, 96, 'Most Famous Personal Shopper in the World,' Dies". The New York Times. p. A1. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  3. Donahue, Wendy (March 29, 2019). "Betty Halbreich: A life in style, with a few twists". Chicago Tribune.
  4. Tomlin, Annie (March 8, 2013). "Betty Halbreich – Bergdorf Goodman Personal Shopping". refinery29.com.
  5. "People – Betty Halbreich". WNYC. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Thurman, Judith (November 12, 2012). "Ask Betty". The New Yorker
  7. "Paid Notice: Deaths Halbreich, Irwin (Sonny)". The New York Times. June 1, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
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  9. "Review: I'll Drink To That". www.thejc.com. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  10. "Book review of I'll Drink to That by Betty Halbreich". 40+ Style. October 17, 2014. Archived from the original on September 25, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  11. "Bergdorf's Legend Betty Halbreich On Beauty And Aging". Into The Gloss. July 18, 2016.
  12. No One Has Seen It All. Running Press Book Publishers. August 5, 2024. ISBN 978-0-7624-8856-8. Archived from the original on August 8, 2024. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  13. "'Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's' documentary". EW.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2024. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  14. Paid Notice: Deaths Halbreich, Irwin (Sonny)". The New York Times. June 1, 2004. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  15. Shaw, Dan (August 18, 2013). "Her Home Away From Bergdorf's". The New York Times. p. RE5. Retrieved August 29, 2024
  16. "Betty Halbreich, Bergdorf's Legendary Personal Shopper, Dead at 96". WWD. August 24, 2024. Retrieved August 24, 2024.