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Charlotte Jeffers is the proprietress of Union Camp Collective, a vintage and antique shop in Raleigh, NC.
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Heather Bien, Southern Living, 27 June 2024
The warm reception of the daffy old restaurant proprietress, Zia Luciana (Nunzia Schiano), does little to restore their composure.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
As a nonbinary actor playing a woman, the fierce corn-whiskey proprietress Lulu, Newell chose to enter the Actor category despite the Tony Awards’ gendered acting categories.
—Vulture, 11 June 2023
The young proprietress is an MIT alumnus who pursued design after a career in fashion that included stints at Celine under Phoebe Philo and Miu Miu.
—Erik Maza, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2023
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Heather Bien, Southern Living, 27 June 2024
The warm reception of the daffy old restaurant proprietress, Zia Luciana (Nunzia Schiano), does little to restore their composure.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
As a nonbinary actor playing a woman, the fierce corn-whiskey proprietress Lulu, Newell chose to enter the Actor category despite the Tony Awards’ gendered acting categories.
—Vulture, 11 June 2023
The young proprietress is an MIT alumnus who pursued design after a career in fashion that included stints at Celine under Phoebe Philo and Miu Miu.
—Erik Maza, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2023
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“Proprietress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proprietress. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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