Jeanne Campbell (designer)


Jeanne Campbell was an American fashion designer. She designed for Sportwhirl, Inc., in New York City, for 26 years. She was well-known for designing a successful sheath dress, and helped define "separates" to the fashion community.
She obtained first place in the "2nd annual American Fashions Competition", which was sponsored by the Chicago Tribune in 1941, and was a semifinalist in it in 1946. In 1951 she received Mademoiselle's Merit Award in Fashion. In 1955 she received a Coty American Fashion Critics' Award. In 1958 she received the Sports Illustrated Designer of the Year Award and the Schiffli Lace and Embroidery Institute award, the latter of which she won twice in her life. In 1963 she received a Corduroy Council Citation. In 1968 she attended the first fashion show ever given at the White House, and some of her designs were shown there. In 1970 she received May Co.'s "The Contemporary Creators" award and was named one of Woman's Wear Daily's "Women of the Year" designers.
A pair of trousers designed by her were placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.