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Mildred Blount (born 1907) was an American milliner noted for her creations for celebrities and people in high society. ==Career== Blount's interest in millinery grew out of her time working at Madame Clair's Dress and Hat Shop in New York City. She and her sister, who was a dressmaker, opened their own dress and hat shop aimed at serving wealthy New Yorkers.〔Madden, Annette. ''(In Her Footsteps: 101 Remarkable Black Women from the Queen of Sheba to Queen Latifah. )'' Berkeley, California: Conari Press, 2001. p. 234.〕 After Blount's designs were shown at the 1939 New York World's Fair, her career took off. She was asked to design hats for the films ''Gone with the Wind'' and ''Easter Parade''〔Carney Smith, Jessie. ''Encyclopedia of African American Business.'' Vol. 1. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. p. 292〕 as well as for the cover of the August 1942 ''Ladies' Home Journal''. Later in the 1940s, she ran a hat shop in Beverly Hills, California.〔Madden, Annette. ''In Her Footsteps: 101 Remarkable Black Women from the Queen of Sheba to Queen Latifah.'' Berkeley, California: Conari Press, 2001. p. 234.〕 Her clients included Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Gloria Vanderbilt, Marian Anderson, and others. She was the first African American member of the Motion Pictures Costumers Union, which allowed her to work in film studios.〔''Jet.'' Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company. Vol. 3. No. 13. Aug. 4, 1955. p. 62〕 Blount reportedly died in 1974 in Los Angeles, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mildred Blount」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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