Anne T. Hill | |
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| Born | November 24, 1916 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 1999 (aged 82) |
| Occupation(s) | Fashion designer, yoga teacher |
| Known for | Taffy Fashions |
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Anne T. Hill (née Taffel; November 24, 1916 – March 8, 1999) was an American fashion designer and yoga teacher.
Early years[edit]
Hill was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Commercial High School in 1933,[1] attended the University of Georgia, and worked as a stenographer before moving to Los Angeles in 1937.
Taffy Fashions[edit]
Hill designed dresses, predominantly cotton, for her own line, Taffy, from 1937 until March 1958. As women's fashions took up a larger budget slice, the popularity of her dresses grew. They were featured as "outstanding" in a Palm Springs Tennis Club fashion luncheon in 1948.[2] Vogue and Harper's Bazaar carried full page ads for Taffy fashions during the 1950s,[3][4] and covered Taffy fashions editorially.[5] "There is nothing so feminine and romantic as a full skirt, pretty, with petticoats underneath," Hill told Women's Wear Daily.[6] "The very feminine dresses almost all have bouffant skirts built over their own petticoats," wrote Eugenia Trinkle, fashion writer for the Star Telegram.[7] Bergdorf Goodman, Garfinckel's, and Jacobson's carried Taffy fashions.
Health and yoga[edit]
Through an acquaintance with Gypsy Boots, Hill became interested in health food and yoga. She studied yoga with Indra Devi, and produced her own yoga instructional video,[8] as well as an inspirational poem.[9]
Death[edit]
Hill died in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1999.
Gallery[edit]
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Indra Devi, upper left; Hill, bottom center (record album cover) -
Gerald Ford, Hill and Edgar L. McCoubrey -
Taffy in Vogue, April 15, 1956, p 29 -
Taffy in Harper's Bazaar, August 1956 p 87 -
Taffy in Women's Wear Daily, 26 Feb 1956 -
Taffy in Harper's Bazaar, April 1957 -
Taffy at Bergdorf Goodman 1956 -
Taffy at Bergdorf Goodman 1956 -
Taffy at Garfinckel's c. 1956 -
Taffy at Jacobson's c. 1956 -
Taffy at Lillie Rubin c. 1956 -
Taffy in Berkeley 1956 -
Taffy in Cleveland 1956 -
Taffy in St Louis 1956 -
Taffy in Houston 1956 -
Taffy in Memphis 1956 -
Taffy in Palm Springs 1956 -
Taffy in Cincinnati 1956 -
Taffy in Corpus Christi 1956 -
Taffy promotional flyer 1956 -
Taffy promotional flyer 1956 -
Taffy in New York 1957 -
Taffy label -
(left to right) Alex Dreier, Bob Hope, Hill, Geraldine Dreier, Roy W. Hill at a fund raiser for Eisenhower Medical Center c. 1975 -
Hill and Dr. Harry Lehrer, c. 1940 -
Hill, c. 1947 -
Lynne Roberts (left), Hill (3rd from left), Hyman B. Samuels (front right), Dr. Harry Lehrer (extreme right behind Samuels) -
Hill, Edgar L. McCoubrey, 1991 -
Anne T. Hill, 1933 graduation, Commercial High School, Atlanta
References[edit]
- ^ "Commencement Exercises Held by Atlanta, Fulton High Schools". The Atlanta Constitution. June 1, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Desert Days". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 1948. p. 33. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vogue, April 15, 1956, p. 29
- ^ Harper's Bazaar. August 1956 p. 87
- ^ "Cotton in the evening". Harper's Bazaar. April 1957.
- ^ "Taffy Original Designs says fall line will be all cotton with full skirts". Women's Wear Daily. May 10, 1955.
- ^ Trinkle, Eugenia (July 22, 1957). "Cotton Offered in All Seasons". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 2. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stretch no Kvetch Yoga Exercises on YouTube
- ^ Inspirational Poem