publication date: Monday, November 24, 2014 (part of Fall 2014)

category: Fashion

clue: This billionaire designer shares her name with a thin white tree.

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, and Lori Lancaster


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