Ann taylor biography fashion designer
Ann taylor biography fashion designer
Ann taylor jewelry history...
Ann Bonfoey Taylor
American fashion designer
Ann Bonfoey Taylor (3 December 1910 – 28 October 2007) was an American aviator, flight instructor and fashion designer.[1][2]
Early life
Taylor was born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, U.S.
to a wealthy family which owned a pharmaceutical and dye manufacturing company, Putnam Dyes.[1][3] She grew up in Quincy, Illinois, with three brothers.[2] When she was six years old her father introduced her to flying in an open cockpit biplane, and when she was 12 he hired an instructor to teach her to fly.[1][4]
Adult life
When Taylor was 18, in 1928, she moved to Vermont, where she took up snow skiing and earned a place on the 1940 Olympic Ski team for the United States.
Unfortunately the games were cancelled due to the outbreak of World War II.[3] She also played competitive tennis and competed at Wimbledon, England.[1][4]
In 1941, Taylor e