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Anne T. Hill

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Anne T. Hill
Born(1916-11-24)November 24, 1916
DiedMarch 8, 1999(1999-03-08) (aged 82)
Occupation(s)Fashion designer, yoga teacher
Known forTaffy Fashions
Spouses
  • Dr. Harry Lehrer
(m. 1971; died 1986)
(m. 1990)

Anne T. Hill (née Taffel; November 24, 1916 – March 8, 1999) was an American fashion designer and yoga teacher.

Early years

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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

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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

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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

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Hill died in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1999.

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References

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  1. ^ "Commencement Exercises Held by Atlanta, Fulton High Schools". The Atlanta Constitution. June 1, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Desert Days". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 1948. p. 33. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Vogue, April 15, 1956, p. 29
  4. ^ Harper's Bazaar. August 1956 p. 87
  5. ^ "Cotton in the evening". Harper's Bazaar. April 1957.
  6. ^ "Taffy Original Designs says fall line will be all cotton with full skirts". Women's Wear Daily. May 10, 1955.
  7. ^ Trinkle, Eugenia (July 22, 1957). "Cotton Offered in All Seasons". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. p. 2. Retrieved July 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Stretch no Kvetch Yoga Exercises on YouTube
  9. ^ Inspirational Poem