Background
Hawes, Elizabeth was born on December 16, 1903 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John and Henrietta (Houston) Hawes.
Hawes, Elizabeth was born on December 16, 1903 in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of John and Henrietta (Houston) Hawes.
Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1925.
; married second, Joseph Losey, 1937 (division 1944). 1 child, Gavrik. Began designing commercially for children's shop, Philadelphia, age 12. Apprentice, Bergdorf Goodman, New York City, 1924 designer for the custom-made dress shop, Hawes Incorporated., New York City, 1929-1940.
Mass-produced designs nationally distributed, 1932-1940.
First American woman designer to exhibit clothes in Paris, 1930, Moscow, 1935. Editor consumer departments, feature writer, newspaper Prime Minister, 1940-1942.
Designer blue grey uniforms American Red Cross. Machine shop operator Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1943.
President Elizabeth Hawes, Incorporated., 1948-1951.
Designer women's clothes firm Tillett-Haws, New York, 1953.
Member U.A.W., C.I.O. (international representative attached to education department, 1944).
Married Ralph Jester, 1931 (divorced 1933). Married second, Joseph Losey, 1937 (divorced 1944). 1 child, Gavrik.