Hedwig (Müller) Jellinek (abt. 1880 - bef. 1980)

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Biography

Hedwig's shop in Vienna was clearly an early influence & Inspiration for her famous nephew Rudi GERNREICH:

cf. e.g. :

Topless Creator Gernreich Dies : Fashion World Saw Him as Its Most Innovative - Los Angeles Times

http://articles.latimes.com/1985-04-22/news/mn-21986_1_fashion-industry

" ... The only child of Siegmund and Elisabeth Mueller Gernreich, Rudolf Gernreich was born in Vienna on Aug. 8, 1922. It was at a time when haute couture was at its peak, and the authoritarian state of chic was governed by a handful of French couturiers who convened twice a year to hand down their hemline edicts to an adoring aristocracy.

Gernreich got his first look at this world of high fashion as a child. His sanctuary from what he called the rigid militaristic atmosphere of school was the Vienna dress shop run by his aunt, Hedwig Mueller, and there he spent hours sketching her designs for Viennese society and learning as much as he could about fabrics.

Hedwig was born about 1880. She was the daughter of Leopold Müller and Charlotte Schüller. She passed away before 1980. ^[1]

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1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Pip James, Thursday, March 12, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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