Jane Derby
Jane Derby (born Jeanette Fleming Barr; May 17, 1895 – August 7, 1965) was an American fashion designer.
Jane Derby
- Born
- Jane Derby was born on 10 May 1895.
- Died
- Jane Derby died on 9 August 1965.
- Occupation
- fashion designer.
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Jane Derby (born Jeanette Fleming Barr; May 17, 1895 – August 7, 1965) was an American fashion designer.
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Jeanette Fleming Barr was born in Rocky Mount, Virginia in 1895. She first worked as an apprentice designer before opening her own business in 1936 in New York. She later opened Jane Derby, Inc., in 1938, which she ran continuously until her death in 1965 (with the exception of during World War II). She was one of the first fashion designers to show the short dinner dress. In 1951 she received the Winnie award of the Coty American Fashion Critics' Awards. She was married to Arthur Lawrence Derby from 1915 until his death in 1961, and in December 1964 remarried to Ross Cuthbert (1892-1970), a former Olympic ice hockey player and retired lieutenant colonel of the British Army. Derby had children, including a son, Arthur (1916-1944), who was killed in action in World War II. Derby died in Bermuda in August 1965, aged 70. Oscar de la Renta then took control of her company, having worked there before her death.
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1895
Jane Derby was born on 10 May 1895.
1965
Jane Derby died on 9 August 1965.
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- 1.Jeanette Barr Derby. Find a Grave.
- 2.Adrian Room. Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. 142–. 20 September 2012. 978-0-7864-5763-2.
- 3.Caroline Rennolds Milbank. New York fashion: the evolution of American style. Abrams. 151. November 1989. 978-0-8109-1388-2.
- 4.Kent University Museum .
- 5.The Milwaukee Sentinel - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com. September 25, 1951.
- 6.Jane Derby Remarried. The New York Times. 23 December 1964.
- 7.Charlottesville Funeral Set For Fashion Designer. The Progress-Index. 10. 9 August 1965.
- 8.Óscar de la Renta 1965.
- 9.Vintage Fashion Guild. Jane Derby.
- 10.Kent University Museum. Oscar de la Renta, American Elegance.
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