Polly mellen biography of michael

          POLLY MELLEN's astonishing career in fashion spans more than 50 years, from BALENCIAGA to VIKTOR & ROLF.

          Polly Mellen, R.I.P..

          Fashion industry legend Polly Mellen passes away at 100

          Polly Allen Mellen, the iconic and vibrant fashion editor, has passed away at 100.

          Her passion for style and larger-than-life personality left an indelible mark on the fashion world.

          Born in 1924 in West Hartford, Connecticut, Mellen's love for fashion blossomed early.

          Polly Mellen, the irrepressible and indomitable fashion editor who was the last link to a long golden age when fashion editors were fearsome creatures who.

        1. Born Polly Allen in West Hartford, Connecticut, Mellen attended Miss Porter's School for girls and later worked as a nurse's aid during the end.
        2. Polly Mellen, R.I.P.
        3. Polly Allen Mellen, the talented and effusive fashion editor, has died.
        4. Polly Mellen was the first fashion editor from Vogue magazine that I ever met and one of the first people I met when arriving in NYC as a young.

          5. She was inspired by her mother’s chic style and the glamour of old Hollywood. “I always took a great interest in my clothes. My sister, who was 13 months older, and I always dressed alike, but as I got a little bit older, I didn’t like that because I wanted to dress differently,” she told Interview magazine in 2010.

          “I loved the masculine style of dressing of Katharine Hepburn, who came from the same town that I came from… I think the romanticism of the movies also influenced my life and my interest in fashion greatly.”

          After working as a nurse’s aide during World War II, she moved to New York and entered fashion via sales at Lord & Taylor.

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