A Woman to Know: Blanche Dunn
A party was not a party, a place not a place, without Blanche. — Richard Bruce Nugent
A party was not a party, a place not a place, without Blanche. — Richard Bruce Nugent
(image via Library of Congress)
In 1926, Blanche arrived in New York City. The Jamaican-born model immediately found a job at a fashion studio, where she borrowed styling tips and tricks from the legendary designer Wilda Gunn.
Blanche’s beauty entranced celebrity photog…




