A chic biography about Eunice W.
Winner of Lee & Low\'s New Voices award, Miles of Style celebrates a visionary who used her influence to showcase the strength and beauty of the Black community..
Decades later, her name remains a watchword for glamour and elegance in the Black community.
To make the Fashion Fair happen every year, Eunice negotiated with snobby Fashion houses in Europe and navigated racism back home in the US, to acquire the most show-stopping styles for her show.
In towns and cities across the United States, Black models walked the runway in the freshest trends that season and Black attendees got to see people who looked like them in bright colors and haute couture.
In 1958, Eunice launched a project that would change Fashion forever--the Ebony Fashion Fair.
Among the many hats she wore, Eunice delighted in writing a Fashion column describing the latest styles.
Johnson, founded Ebony magazine, it quickly became the premiere lifestyle publication for mid-century Black readers.
After she and her husband, John H.
Johnson believed in the power of Fashion and beauty to inspire people.
Johnson who brought elegant and contemporary Fashion to Black America through the annual Ebony Fashion Fair! Eunice W.
A chic biography about Eunice W
