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Anne T. Hill
Anne T. Hill - 1955.jpg
Born (1916-11-24)November 24, 1916
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Died March 8, 1999(1999-03-08) (aged 82)
Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Nationality American
Occupation Fashion designer, yoga teacher
Known for Taffy Fashions
Spouse(s) Dr. Harry Lehrer
Roy W. Hill (1971–1986, his death)
Edgar L. McCoubrey (1990–1999, her death)

Anne T. Hill (November 24, 1916 – March 8, 1999) was an American fashion designer and yoga teacher.

Early years

Hill was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Commercial High School in 1933, attended the University of Georgia, and worked as a stenographer before moving to Los Angeles in 1937.

Taffy Fashions

Hill designed dresses, predominantly cotton, for her own line, Taffy, from 1937 until March 1958. As women’s fashions took up a larger budget slice, the popularity of her dresses grew. They were featured as “outstanding” in a Palm Springs Tennis Club fashion luncheon in 1948. Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar carried full page ads for Taffy fashions during the 1950s, and covered Taffy fashions editorially. “There is nothing so feminine and romantic as a full skirt, pretty, with petticoats underneath,” Hill told Women’s Wear Daily. "The very feminine dresses almost all have bouffant skirts built over their own petticoats," wrote Eugenia Trinkle, Fashion Writer for the Star Telegram. Bergdorf Goodman, Garfinckel's, and Jacobson's carried Taffy fashions.

Health and yoga

Through an acquaintance with Gypsy Boots, Hill became interested in health food and yoga. She studied yoga with Indra Devi, and produced her own yoga instructional video, as well as an inspirational poem.

Death

Hill died in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1999.

Gallery

  • Yoga For Americans (Indra Devi album - cover art)

    Indra Devi, upper left; Hill, bottom center (record album cover)

  • Taffyvfn

    Taffy in Vogue, April 15, 1956, p 29

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    Taffy in Harper's Bazaar, August 1956 p 87

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    Taffy in Women's Wear Daily, 26 Feb 1956

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    Taffy in Harper's Bazaar, April 1957

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    Taffy at Bergdorf Goodman 1956

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    Taffy at Bergdorf Goodman 1956

  • Taffygar

    Taffy at Garfinckel's c. 1956

  • Taffyjacob

    Taffy at Jacobson's c. 1956

  • Taffylilly

    Taffy at Lillie Rubin c. 1956

  • Tberkeley

    Taffy in Berkeley 1956

  • Tclevelandfn

    Taffy in Cleveland 1956

  • Athstlouis

    Taffy in St Louis 1956

  • Athhouston

    Taffy in Houston 1956

  • Athmemphis

    Taffy in Memphis 1956

  • Taffy at Desmonds 1956 advert

    Taffy in Palm Springs 1956

  • Athcincinnati

    Taffy in Cincinnati 1956

  • Taffychristifn

    Taffy in Corpus Christi 1956

  • Taffyflyer

    Taffy promotional flyer 1956

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    Taffy promotional flyer 1956

  • Happyfellowsfn

    Taffy in New York 1957

  • Taffylabel

    Taffy label

  • Royhillath3

    (left to right) Alex Dreier, Bob Hope, Hill, Geraldine Dreier, Roy W. Hill at a fund raiser for Eisenhower Medical Center c. 1975

  • Atlhlfn

    Hill and Dr. Harry Lehrer, c. 1940

  • Anne T. Hill ca. 1945

    Hill, c. 1947

  • Hysamuels

    Lynne Roberts (left), Hill (3rd from left), Hyman B. Samuels (front right), Dr. Harry Lehrer (extreme right behind Samuels)

  • Palm Springs Life (magazine) cover – November 1991

    Hill, Edgar L. McCoubrey, 1991

  • Anne T. Hill - 1933 2

    Anne T. Hill, 1933 graduation, Commercial High School, Atlanta

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