A Woman to Know

A Woman to Know

A Woman to Know: Blanche Dunn

A party was not a party, a place not a place, without Blanche. — Richard Bruce Nugent

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Julia Carpenter
Dec 30, 2020
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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…

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