Polly Mellen, fashion editor, New York, August 21, 1975.
Polly Allen Mellen, the talented and effusive fashion editor, has died.
Mellen was like the proverbial kick in Champagne.
Polly Mellen, fashion editor, New York, August 21, 1975.
Id wear my sweaters backward or tie my shoes with red laces.
Looking like everybody else bored me.
I should have paid more attention to my studies.
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She also encountered Richard Avedon, with whom she would work almost symbiotically for decades.
Vreeland insisted he do so and on their first shoot, Mellen kept quiet as a mouse.
A kinship was formed.
With Richard Avedon at the CFDA Awards in 1994.
With Richard Avedon at the CFDA Awards in 1994.
Her stint atHarpers Bazaarwould be short-lived.
In 1952 she married a Princeton man and moved to Philadelphia where she had two children.
Nastassja Kinski, cuff by Patricia von Musulin, Los Angeles, June 14, 1981
Divorced eight years later, she returned to the fashion fold.
I ran up the stairs, and she said… How is your passport?
I said, My passport?
How Polly Mellen did street style. The editor in 1997.
Yes, because we want you to do a story with Dick Avedon in Japan.
She was an adored figure atVogueand a huge part of our history.
How Polly Mellen did street style.
Polly Mellen, 1989.
The editor in 1997.
A 1999New York Timesprofile was titled, Oh, my.
Nobody hyperventilates over fashion like Polly Mellen!
Polly Mellen at Dolce & Gabbana, 1998.
Polly Mellen, 1989.
Polly Mellen at Dolce & Gabbana, 1998.
Polly Mellen at home in Connecticut.
Polly Mellen at home in Connecticut.
Polly Mellen at home in Connecticut.
