James J. Shapiro, who helped revolutionize the home sewing industry as a founder and president of Simplicity Pattern Co., died Friday at his home at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan. He was 85. The ...
It was the fall of 1979 when the first of the money men descended on Simplicity Pattern Co. By the time they were finished a decade later, a company that once had $100 million in the bank was more ...