Moving ahead towards execution, all significant producers declined her production declaring it to be edgy. She was determined and approached a regional shop owner.
The owner trusted her craft and the Harlequin glasses rapidly ended up being a success, making Schansi much promotion.
By the late 1930s and through the 1940s, Harlequin glasses ended up being a frustrating style device amongst ladies in the United States.
Altina was bestowed with the Lord & Taylor American Design Award in 1939 for her innovation, and popular publications like Life and Vogue valued her production.
Apart from the cat-eye spectacles, she ventured into the world of movies. In 1960, she produced a documentary by her previous instructor George Grosz entitled George Grosz’s Interregnum. This documentary was chosen for Academy Award and won the top place at the Venice Film Festival.
She released her narrative The Road I Have Traveled (1995). She even offered as an art therapist. And likewise developed uncommon picture benches and chairs, widely called Chairacters.