With then-wife Rosalia Mera, also a billionaire, he started making dressing gowns and lingerie in their living room.

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Mera and ex-husband Amancio Ortega founded the blockbuster Zara retail chain together, sewing dressing gowns and lingerie from their home.

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Mera dropped out of school at age 11 to work as a seamstress, then helped her then-husband make dressing gowns and lingerie in their home.

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The son of a railway worker, he founded Inditex with former wife Rosalia Mera, also a billionaire, making lingerie and dressing gowns in their living room.

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Costume designer Paloma Young mixes simple, beautiful period gowns and army uniforms on the featured actors, while dressing the ensemble in punk versions.

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While you can see these dresses properly and appreciate the craftsmanship, what's missing is a real sense of the glamour, anticipation and excitement associated with dressing up, which is, after all, what wearing ball gowns is all about.

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