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| From Wall Street Journal 5/25/2012 |
Recently I picked up the Wall
Street Journal and flipped to the fashion section. Believe it or not, this paper has a fabulous
style section, almost as good as the New York Times (in my opinion). There was an article about Eunice Johnson,
wife of publishing company owner John Johnson and also the owner of Ebony
magazine and Jet magazine go to’s for African American news and information for
many, many years.
She was a fashion icon. She would travel to Europe and see the latest
collections and bring the styles back to the states for African American women,
in the fifties.
She created the Fashion Fair
Fashion show that traveled around the country raising money for scholarships
for the United Negro Fund, Boys and Girls Club, and other charities.
I love blogging. I love most fashion blogs, even though my
blog isn’t a fashion one. So when I read the article about Mrs. Johnson, it was
just on for me. I was in fashion
heaven. I can’t help myself. I felt like I had to honor her. She was a pioneer. A black woman with a beautiful strong sense
of style back in the day, the day being the fifties, I find that awesome. I am now in love with this woman. She
actually oversaw the fashion show until she was 93 years old.
Currently, it is in the works
to produce a retrospective of some of the dresses she collected at the Chicago History Museum. Curators are going through all dresses (there are more than 7,000) to put together a show. I bet it will be fantastic. I hope it travels to Los Angeles, that other
museums see the value of showing what she collected.
She was a phenomenal woman. She was a frontrunner and a trailblazer for African
American women, and all women. She had a
vision, she stuck to it and made her dream a reality. Hard work, perseverance,
and believing in oneself are all necessary to achieve any goal. My hat off to
her, she inspires me.
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