 | | 2023-03-31 18:11
From blog Atomic Redhead
The Tale of Nell Donnelly: Fashion Icon Rescued by the Mob
When we think about fashion labels with notorious pasts, we think about Gucci or Versace. But there is one forgotten about fashion label that an estimated one in seven women owned and its founder and designer, Nell Donnelly, was once caught up in a kidnapping that was solved by the mob, and I recently acquired a dress featuring her label, Nelly Don.
Ellen Quinlan, fondly known as Nell, was the twelfth of thirteen children when she was born on March 6, 1889 in Parsons, Kansas. She learned to sew at a young age, and tended to the mending needs of the family, as well as making clothing for her dolls, not knowing she would soon be making clothes for the...
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