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Babson College Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs

Tiara's Hat Parade

Alison Starling | ABC7 Interviews Vanilla Beane

Power Player of the Week | Vanilla Beane

We Are Washington | Vanilla Beane

Washington’s Famed Milliner

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An artist captures a ‘living legend’ of D.C. on canvas

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.

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.

The National Association of Black Fashion and Accessories Designers was the first of its kind to combat nepotism among White gatekeepers

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Iconography of the Church Hat

D.C. Woman Celebrates 100th Birthday with Sisters, 97, and 93

A thing of the past?

Celebrating 3 Sisters’ Lives and Longevity

Height hatmaker still going at 90

Celebrated D.C. Milliner Marks 90th Birthday With Friends, Hats