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Kitty Stephen Hawks (born February 11, 1946) is an American interior designer living in New York City and Westchester, New York. She is the daughter of New York socialite Slim Keith and film director Howard Hawks and is married to Larry Lederman, a photographer and retired corporate attorney.
12 de dez. de 2014 · The daughter of socialite Slim Keith and filmmaker Howard Hawks, Kitty struck out on her own, going to college and eventually becoming a designer and a teacher—she taught traditional residential interior design at Parsons for seven years.
21 de mai. de 1972 · The daughter is Kitty Hawks, who has suddenly emerged as the Girl of the Year, the girl who made the 1971 International Best Dressed List after only three months in the social whirl.
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Slim Keith was born Mary Raye Gross in Salinas, California to Edward Gross and Raye Nell Boyer Gross (who later changed Mary's name to Nancy). Her father was a successful businessman who owned several canneries in nearby Monterey. She had an older sister named Theodora and a younger brother named Buddy. In the winter of 1928, Buddy died in a tragic...
Slim left school at the age of 16 and traveled to Death Valley. While staying at the Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort, she met William Powell. Through Powell, she was introduced to William Randolph Hearst and his companion Marion Davies. She thus became a Hollywood socialite and was frequently seen at parties with Gary Cooper and Cary Grant. She ...
The last years of her life were spent pursuing travel and quiet social activities in New York. An inveterate smoker, she died at age 72 of lung cancer at New York Hospital.
Slim Keith was portrayed in the film Infamous (2006) by Hope Davis, and mentioned briefly in Rear Window (1954) as Slim Hayward. Her marriage to Howard Hawks was depicted in Tonya Walker's short story "Slim" in The Cunningham Short Story Anthology Our World, Your Place (2018) edited by Trevor Maynard and published by Willowdown Books. Keith was als...
Keith, Slim with Annette Tapert (1991). Slim: Memories of a rich and imperfect life. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-446-36196-8.Zilkha, Bettina (2004). Ultimate style: the best of the best dressed list. New York: Assouline. ISBN 2-84323-513-8.Jefferson, Margo (7 April 1990). "She knew how to whistle". New York Times.1 de jun. de 2014 · Kitty Hawks: 2005 Hall of Fame Inductee. Photo by Larry Lederman/Departures. Kitty Hawks isn’t one to fuss. “My work isn’t premeditated,” the designer says. “It’s very spontaneous.”. And that spontaneity reveals an innate ability to combine textures, colors, and objects.
24 de out. de 2014 · Kitty Hawks: Where Are They Now. Video interview with 2005 Hall of Fame inductee Kitty Hawks, who speaks about 2014 inductee Andrea Woodner, founder of the Design Trust for Public Space. Part of the 30th-anniversary celebration of Interior Design’s Hall of Fame Awards.
7 de mai. de 2024 · Interior designer Kitty Hawks and husband Larry Lederman hired David Piscuskas from 1100 Architects to enhance their Cappaqua home’s views of its four wooded acres overlooking a nine-acre...
