Hattie Carnegie

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Hattie Carnegie

American, born Austria, 1889–1956
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Birth placeAustria
BiographyBorn 1889, Vienna, Austria
Died February 22, 1956, New York, NY

Born: Henrietta Kanengeiser in Vienna, 1889.
Family: Married third husband, John Zanft, in 1928.
Career: Left school at age 11 and moved with parents to New York, 1900; established as Carnegie-Ladies Hatter, 1909; opened custom dressmaking salon, 1918; offered Paris models after first buying trip to Europe, 1919; opened East 49th Street building to sell own label, imports, and millinery, 1925; added ready-to-wear, 1928; Hattie Carnegie Originals carried in stores throughout the U.S. by 1934; custom salon closed, 1965.
Awards: Neiman Marcus award, 1939; Coty American Fashion Critics award, 1948.
Died: 22 February 1956, in New York.

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