Renee Hunter
Renee Hunter | |
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| Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Modeling information | |
| Agency | Mannequin[1] |
| Academic work | |
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Renee Hunter is a model, fashion director, and professor. She is an enrolled member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation.
Early life
[edit]Hunter was born in Brooklyn, grew up in Queens, and summered in Southampton, NY on the Shinnecock Reservation with her family.[2]
Career
[edit]Modeling
[edit]Hunter was scouted by modeling agency Mannequin, an New York agency run by Gillis MacGill, while attending the CFDA Fashion Awards.[2] Hunter worked as a model in New York City in the 1960s and 70s through the Mannequin model agency.[3][4] She appeared in the pages of Vogue (magazine) and Women's Wear Daily, and was one of three Black models working in New York at the time.[5][1][6] She walked runways for Donald Brooks, Chester Weinberg, and worked as a fitting model for Jacques Tiffeau.[5][7]
Business
[edit]In the 1970s and 80s, Hunter worked at Saks Fifth Avenue as a European fashion buyer and Bloomingdales as a Fashion Director.[4] In 1986 Hunter founded the consulting firm Sequoyah Fashion Planning, taking on clients for merchandising, marketing and sales.[4] With this experience she was often featured in the press providing fashion tips and business insights to readers.[8][9][10]
Academia
[edit]Hunter has long held a strong philosophy of sharing her knowledge and experience with students.[11] Since 2014, Hunter has worked as an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and with LIM College. [12] She also worked as a design critic at the Pratt Institute, which for several years gave an annual student award in her name.[1][13]
Philanthropy
[edit]Hunter has been a board member of the Shinnecock Nation American Indian Community House multiple times.[14]
Author
[edit]In 2006, Hunter collaborated with author Michael McCollom as the Creative Director on McCollom's book, The Way We Wore: Black Style Then. The book was featured in the New York Times T (magazine) in 2006 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[15][16] McCollom would go on to co-curate an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York titled Black Style Now that relied on this material.[17]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "A Celebration of National Native American Heritage Month". November 10, 2025.
- 1 2 "FIT hosts cultural event to celebrate Native American Heritage Month". Fashion Network.
- ↑ Morris, Bernadine (December 5, 1972). "Indian Story Told Through Fashion". New York Times.
- 1 2 3 Feingold, Deborah (March 1997). "In perfect form". Essence. Vol. 27, no. 11. ISSN 0014-0880.
- 1 2 "Up The Career Ladder". New York Amsterdam News. April 7, 1979. p. 42.
- ↑ "Features/Articles/People U.S. Fashions at Expo '70... Festoons of Pearls". Vogue. Vol. 156, no. 4. September 1, 1970. p. 232.
- ↑ Horyn, Cathy (August 17, 2003). "The Hustler". The New York Times.
- ↑ White, Renee Minue (February 12, 1983). "Best dressed women offer fashion tips". New York Amsterdam News.
- ↑ Moorehouse III, Ward (December 21, 1977). "Festive fare in Moscow (food) and N.Y. (fashion): In New York, it is wool ponchos, fur". Christian Science Monitor.
- ↑ "Clothing prices have increased because 'markdown' money". The Globe and Mail. December 1, 1988.
- ↑ White, Renee Minue (December 21, 1996). "Fashion Outreach toasts the holiday with Soul". New York Amsterdam News.
- ↑ WHITE, RENEE MINUS (October 4, 2012). "Fashion off the hook! Cole's crochet chic in '108 Stitches". New York Amsterdam News. Vol. 103, no. 40. p. 21.
- ↑ Dimond, Leah (October 23, 2005). "Very much in fashion". Daily Freeman.
- ↑ "Meet the AICH Board". American Indian Community House. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
- ↑ Crawford, Zarah (December 3, 2006). "The Big Picture". T (magazine).
- ↑ Lê, Julie; Toussaint Marcel, Kai (October 15, 2025). "Behind the Seams: Resources for exploring Black style and dandyism in The Costume Institute Library".
- ↑ Campbell, Dwayne (October 5, 2006). "New York exhibit first to explore black style". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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