Home
Bené Millinery
Timeline
Bené Media
ADE
Donate
Contact
&
Nov 12, 2021
Babson College Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs
Apr 1, 2020
Tiara's Hat Parade
Mar 19, 2020
Alison Starling | ABC7 Interviews Vanilla Beane
Mar 6, 2020
Power Player of the Week | Vanilla Beane
Feb 20, 2020
We Are Washington | Vanilla Beane
Oct 11, 2019
Washington’s Famed Milliner
Oct 1, 2019
An artist captures a ‘living legend’ of D.C. on canvas
Sep 13, 2019
To celebrate, D.C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser is hosting a private tea with 10 of Beane's closest friends. She will also recognize Sept. 13 as 'Vanilla Beane Day' in DC.
Proclamation
The North Carolina native has been crafting hats in her Manor Park shop for 40 years.
Sep 12, 2019
There's a big birthday happening in the nation's capital this weekend. Vanilla Beane — D.C.'s famed "hat lady" — is turning 100 years old.
Sep 6, 2019
The National Association of Black Fashion and Accessories Designers was the first of its kind to combat nepotism among White gatekeepers
May 1, 2019
Mar 7, 2018
Iconography of the Church Hat
Nov 14, 2012
D.C. Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday with Sisters, 97, and 93
Apr 20, 2012
A thing of the past?
Nov 5, 2011
Celebrating 3 Sisters’ Lives and Longevity
Jun 15, 2010
Height hatmaker still going at 90
Sep 20, 2009
Celebrated D.C. Milliner Marks 90th Birthday With Friends, Hats