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…