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== Toast and Strawberries== |
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Miller was a journalist who traveled frequently and accessory designer. |
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In 1967, Miller opened Toast and Strawberries as a wholesale showroom for various fashion and jewelry designers, and “to pay the bills,” transformed the showroom to a retail boutique. Clients included singer [[Aretha Franklin]] and actress [[Heather Locklear]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|last2=Chediak|first2=Mark|title=Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080901628.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Washington Post|date=10 August 2005}}</ref>. |
In 1967, Miller opened Toast and Strawberries as a wholesale showroom for various fashion and jewelry designers, and “to pay the bills,” transformed the showroom to a retail boutique. Clients included singer [[Aretha Franklin]] and actress [[Heather Locklear]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|last2=Chediak|first2=Mark|title=Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080901628.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Washington Post|date=10 August 2005}}</ref>. |
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''Black Enterprise Magazine'' profiled Miller in an issue focused on Black Women in Business and Public Life, noting that the D.C. retail operations had generated $190,000 in annual sales.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Graves|first1=Earl G.|title=Making It: The $190,000 Storefront|journal=Black Enterprise|date=August 1974|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHVbObYqv4YC&pg=PA13&dq=rosemary+reed+miller&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBxtTC8N_VAhXM1CYKHfT-DlYQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=rosemary%20reed%20miller&f=false|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.|language=en}}</ref> |
''Black Enterprise Magazine'' profiled Miller in an issue focused on Black Women in Business and Public Life, noting that the D.C. retail operations had generated $190,000 in annual sales.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Graves|first1=Earl G.|title=Making It: The $190,000 Storefront|journal=Black Enterprise|date=August 1974|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHVbObYqv4YC&pg=PA13&dq=rosemary+reed+miller&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBxtTC8N_VAhXM1CYKHfT-DlYQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=rosemary%20reed%20miller&f=false|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.|language=en}}</ref> |
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In 1981, Miller was named "Small Business Person of the Year" for Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Small Business Administration.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Johnson Publishing|first1=Company|title=People|journal=Jet Magazine|date=4 June 1981|page=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=rosemary+reed+miller&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBxtTC8N_VAhXM1CYKHfT-DlYQ6AEIQTAF#v=onepage&q=rosemary%20reed%20miller&f=false|accessdate=18 August 2017|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> |
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The boutique, by now a local "institution", closed in 2005, in part because of increasing rent.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|last2=Chediak|first2=Mark|title=Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080901628.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Washington Post|date=10 August 2005}}</ref> |
The boutique, by now a local "institution", closed in 2005, in part because of increasing rent.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|last2=Chediak|first2=Mark|title=Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080901628.html|accessdate=18 August 2017|work=The Washington Post|date=10 August 2005}}</ref> |
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Rosemary Reed Miller | |
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| Born | Rosemary Reed Miller June 22, 1939 |
| Died | August 2, 2017 (aged 78) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Temple University |
| Occupation(s) | Business Owner, Historian |
| Spouse(s) | Paul E. Miller (1935-1974), married until his death[1] |
| Partner | John Howard |
| Children | Paul “DJ Spooky”[2], Sabrina |
"Rosemary Reed Miller" was the owner of Toast and Strawberries, a landmark Washington, DC boutique, and historian focused on African American dressmakers from the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries.
Toast and Strawberries
Miller was a journalist who traveled frequently and accessory designer.
In 1967, Miller opened Toast and Strawberries as a wholesale showroom for various fashion and jewelry designers, and “to pay the bills,” transformed the showroom to a retail boutique. Clients included singer Aretha Franklin and actress Heather Locklear.[3].
Through the years, Miller promoted designers through various community fashion shows. For example, in 1974, Miller participated in the National Council of Negro Women's 8th annual fashion show.[4] In 1979, Toast and Strawberries fashions were showcased before 500 quests at the D.C. chapter of the American War Mothers annual fundraising fashion show.[5]
Black Enterprise Magazine profiled Miller in an issue focused on Black Women in Business and Public Life, noting that the D.C. retail operations had generated $190,000 in annual sales.[6]
In 1981, Miller was named "Small Business Person of the Year" for Washington, D.C. by the U.S. Small Business Administration.[7]
The boutique, by now a local "institution", closed in 2005, in part because of increasing rent.[8]
African American Dressmakers History
Further Reading
References
- ^ Times, Special To The New York (16 July 1974). "Prof. Paul E. Miller Dead; Ex‐Dean of Howard Law, 38". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Beckman, Rachel (7 February 2008). "From Hip-Hop's Paul D. Miller: New York City, Remixed". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Barbaro, Michael; Chediak, Mark (10 August 2005). "Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (23 May 1974). "The Washington Scene". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
{{cite journal}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (31 May 1979). "The Washington Scene". Jet Magazine. Johnson Publishing Company. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
{{cite journal}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Graves, Earl G. (August 1974). "Making It: The $190,000 Storefront". Black Enterprise. Earl G. Graves, Ltd.: 13. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Johnson Publishing, Company (4 June 1981). "People". Jet Magazine. Johnson Publishing Company: 24. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
{{cite journal}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ Barbaro, Michael; Chediak, Mark (10 August 2005). "Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 August 2017.