Schwartz was the go-to fashionista for A-list ladies who demanded chic looks for the city’s swankest affairs. She was careful to never sell duplicate dresses to women attending the same event.
She introduced the Rittenhouse Square crowd to power suits and shoulder pads.Susan Schwartz, 87, formerly of Society Hill, the longtime owner of the Sophy Curson women’s wear boutique, died Thursday, March 28, from complications of dementia at Brandywine Living in Phoenixville.
Known for her round glasses and tapered haircut, Mrs. Schwartz was the go-to fashionista for A-list ladies who demanded chic looks for the city’s swankest affairs like Friends of the Rittenhouse Ball on the Square, the Academy of Music Annual Concert and Ball, or the opening night of the Flower Show. She kept their off-the-shoulder choices top secret, careful to never sell duplicate dresses to women attending the same event.
“She loved fashion,” her son said. “Her passion was making Philadelphia women look great and feel good about themselves. Her specialty was elevating their wardrobe with new and exciting pieces they couldn’t find anywhere else.”Fashion was a part of Mrs. Schwartz’s pedigree. Her grandparents, Adolph and Annie Curson, owned Curson Department Store, a South Philly department store spanning more than a city block, during the early 1900s.
Mrs. Schwartz earned an art history degree at the University of Michigan and moved to New York in the early 1960s to work at Harper’s Bazaar, where she eventually became an editor. “In those days, people really knew how to dress up,” she said in a 2020 interview when the
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