Amelia Earhart...Fashion Designer?

Ever since I was little, I have loved Amelia Earhart. She was  independent, intelligent, passionate, fearless, and a total bad a**. Everything I wanted (and still strive) to be.  What I didn't realize, until I read this article at the Huffington Post by Mary Hall, was that she was not only an aviator but also a fashion designer. She designed her own flying suits and was one of the first celebrities to have a clothing line carrying her name. This was no licensing gig that I associate with stars' fashion lines today (Jessica Simpson? Paris Hilton?).  Amelia actually influenced the line's design, creation, and fabrication.

Her legendary forward thinking extended to fashion, and the collection included concepts such as separates, washable garments, lengthening shirt tails so that they would stay tucked in, and, of course, references to her true love, flying.

While not the most glamorous innovations, Amelia's practicality helped to push the idea of women, and women's fashion, forward.  Additionally, her own personal, androgenous style contributed to a broader idea of what beauty and femininity is, and it is one that is muse to fashion even today (see here for another article all about that!).

The whole article by the Recessionista can be found at the Huffington Post.  It is fascinating.

I haven't seen the movie "Amelia" that came out in October; if any of you have, tell me what you thought!

1st image via here and 2nd via The Huffington Post