[1] The young Zuckerman started out as a floor sweeper for a dress factory, but built up his skills, until, aged 21, he was able to launch his first business in partnership with Joseph Hoffman.
[2] Stanley Marcus recalled that Shacter had a particular knack for going to Paris couture presentations, where sketching was not allowed, and memorising up to fifty looks from the show which he would accurately draw afterwards.
[6] When Jacqueline Kennedy became First Lady of the United States, she consulted with Diana Vreeland to get names of all-American designers who would be appropriately patriotic choices to dress her for her role.
A purple wool Zuckerman coat closely based on a Pierre Cardin model was originally going to be worn for the Inauguration Day, although Kennedy changed her mind and wore it instead for a tour of the White House with Mamie Eisenhower.
[5] The quality of Zuckerman's clothing was also noted by the poet Marianne Moore, who wrote a short poem about it that was engraved on an award from the Coat and Suit Board in 1963.