1960s It Girl Edie Sedgewick was famous as Andy Warhol’s muse and actress in his films. Her untimely death at age twenty-eight of a drug overdose cut short any promise she may have shown as an artist herself, and her paintings, drawings, and sculptures as an artist in her own right weren’t made public until they went up for auction in 2022.
Ann Lowe was the first African-American to become a major fashion designer in the modern era, from the 1920s through the 1960s.
Vogue editor
Co-founder of Vera Bradley
Heiress, artist and fashion designer
Co-founder of Vera Bradley
American fashion designer
Iris Apfel was known as a textile designer within her field for decades. But it wasn’t until The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted an exhibition of her wardrobe in 2005—13 years after she retired and well into her 80s—that she achieved broader recognition as an influential tastemaker.
Flynn was a talented milliner who created stylish hats for East Boston’s wealthiest ladies in the 1920s.
British fashion designer