How could that be? Wasn’t Hattie Carnegie a fashion designer?
I was very surprised to learn this information myself. Hattie would actually joke that she could not sew a straight seam and that she could not carry out the technical side of fashion design business. I guess she thought it was comical that everyone assumed she was a designer. It was no secret that she was not a designer. Hattie Carnegie was a fashion editor. She knew how to teach designers how to carry out her ideas for her. She edited every design and idea that was submitted to her. Even though she could not complete the technical side, of the work, she knew fashion and she knew what had to be done and how to instruct others to make the most of their talents. She was also a teacher and trained two generations of young people that she thought showed promise, talent and determination. Education was important she required that her trainees attend seminars because she saw the value of those classes. She was very selective of those who trained and worked with her.
