Congrats to the Superbowl Champs New England Patriots!!! The game was beyond amazing....
Today I wanted to start the week off with the wonderful Mildred Blount ( 1907-1974).
Mildred Blount was an widely recognized leading milliner in the 1930's and 1940's. Her interest in millinery slowly left her once she started working at Madame Clair's Dress and Hat Shop in New York City. Her and her sister, who was a dressmaker opened their own dress and hat shop which aimed towards serving the wealthy New Yorkers.
By the year 1939 her designs were shown at the New York World Fair and by then her career took off. She was asked to design hats for the films Gone with the Wind and Easter Parade as well as for the cover of the August 1942 issue of the Ladies Home Journal.
Later in the year 1940 she ran an hat shop in Beverly Hills. She had A-list clients like Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marian Anderson and many others. Among all of her accomplishments she was the first African American member of the Motion Pictures Costumers Union which allowed her to work in film studios.
In the year 1974 she passed away in Los Angeles, California.
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