Ann Margaret Lanchester was a British fashion merchant & designer. She was a leading figure within the British fashion industry & referred to as ‘The Bonaparte of her day’. She published the exclusive fashion magazine Le Miroir de la Mode for the British nobility, where she illustrated the contemporary fashion through her own dress models, which she sold in her shop in New Bond Street in London (in 1806 she moved to St James’s Street).
King's Wardrobe
House of Blount.
For Mildred Blount (1907–1974), hats were more than just headwear. As a milliner for popular Hollywood movies & private clientele at her Beverly Hills hat shop, she used her immense talent to break barriers.
As a black woman in the early 20th century, she refused to be held back by unjust stereotypes as she advanced her life and career with dignity & elegance.
