{"id":1007,"date":"2013-01-18T04:29:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T04:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peggylee.com\/wp\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2021-08-04T10:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:19:25","slug":"peggy-lees-gowns-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peggylee.com\/peggy-lees-gowns-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Lee&#8217;s Gowns Stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pl_content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">by Alfred T. Hendricks<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now it\u2019s Peggy Lee\u2019s turn to wail the blues.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday night a sneak thief hit her dressing room at Basin Street East and made off with $21,000 worth of gowns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The caper had a familiar ring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only the day before, a larcenous gent paid a similar visit backstage at the Broadhurst Theater, where Diahann Carroll graces the musical No Strings. When he departed, No Strings was minus $5,000 worth of costume changes \u2013 including two wigs and a pink negligee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest visit of the Backstage Bandit left Peggy Lee with one costume and a wrap to her name. She wore it \u2013 a pink chiffon number \u2013 during all three of her shows Friday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Phoebe Ostrow, manager of the club, said the thief apparently hid the gowns \u2013 valued at $3,500 apiece \u2013 in an empty staircase, which was near the dressing room, and strolled off with his loot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also left behind a white fox-trimmed lace evening wrap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I guess he didn\u2019t like that one,&#8221; said Peggy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vocalist discovered the theft after her first show Friday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In her absence the thief had taken three Edward Sebesta originals \u2013 a blue crepe trimmed with silver beads, a crystal beaded white chiffon, and a rhinestone-trimmed white lace gown. The other three stolen gowns were Roxanne creations, submitted for her approval.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Detectives at the East 51st Street station are investigating.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Alfred T. Hendricks Now it\u2019s Peggy Lee\u2019s turn to wail the blues. Friday night a sneak thief hit her dressing room at Basin Street East and made off with $21,000 worth of gowns. The caper had a familiar ring. 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