Ann Bonfoey Taylor

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Ann Bonfoey Taylor (born December 3, 1910 in Ardmore , Pennsylvania , † October 28, 2007 in Denver , Colorado , United States ) was an American aviation pioneer , fashion designer and photo model .

Life

Taylor grew up in Quincy , Illinois , and, like her three brothers, was enthusiastic about flying through her father at an early age. When she was twelve, her father hired a pilot to teach her how to fly.

In 1928 she married James Cooke. The marriage had two children. In 1930 she competed in tennis tournaments at Wimbledon. The couple settled in Vermont , where Taylor began skiing in the Stowe Ski Resort. In 1939 she was accepted into the American Olympic ski team. She trained for the 1940 Winter Olympics , which were canceled after the outbreak of war. At the same time, her husband divorced her. Then she turned back to flying and used her pilot's license as a livelihood. When the United States entered World War II, she became a flight instructor and taught pilots in the US Navy and US Army.

After the war ended, she had to find a new job and returned to Stowe, where she began designing her own ski suits . After her first successful skiwear party with her friends, Taylor showed her designs to her friend Diana Vreeland , an editor of Harper's Bazaar fashion magazine . In January 1946, her skiwear fashion was first seen on the cover of the magazine. Soon her fashion was presented in other fashion magazines and sold in trendy New York boutiques.

In 1947 she married Vernon "Moose" Taylor Jr. In 1954 the couple moved to Denver. In 1963 they founded one of the first chalets in the Vail ski area .

In reports in Vogue , Town & Country and other magazines, Taylor's jet set life and elegant fashion have been featured, which has made her a fashion icon over the years. She was photographed by Louise Dahl-Wolfe , Edward Steichen and Toni Frissell , among others . In 1967 Harper's Bazaar chose her among the "100 Great Beauties of the World".

Taylor died in 2007 at the age of 96, leaving behind her husband, five of their six children and 11 grandchildren. Her family donated their entire fashion collection to the Phoenix Art Museum . The American magazine Arts & Antiques named Taylor's collection in November 2008 one of the “most important art donations to a museum”. The museum's curator, Dennita Sewell, later organized the exhibition Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor , for which a catalog was also published.

literature

  • Dennita Sewell: Fashion Independent: The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor. Phoenix Art Museum, 2011, ISBN 978-0984408115

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ann Taylor, 1910–2007 ( Memento June 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at vaildaily.com, accessed on September 21, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c Ann Taylor's couture collection at Phoenix Art Museum in The Arizona Republic on February 23, 2011
  3. ^ "The Original Style of Ann Bonfoey Taylor" Highlights the Artist and Her Life in Phoenix New Times, April 21, 2011
  4. ↑ Ann Bonfoey Taylor at style.com, accessed on September 21, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Taylor, Ann Bonfoey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American aviation pioneer and model
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Ardmore , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2007
Place of death Denver , Colorado