Emily Wilkens

Emily Wilkens
Wilkens in her own designs, 1948
Born1917 (1917)
DiedDecember 2, 2000(2000-12-02) (aged 82–83)
EducationPratt Institute
Known forTeenage and children's fashions
Awards

Emily Wilkens (1917 – December 2, 2000) was an American fashion designer specializing in children's wear. She won both the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award and the Coty Award for her work, which was considered groundbreaking for properly taking note of the requirements of teenage dressing, and not simply offering miniature grown-up garments. She was also an author, writing a number of books on self care and style, and during the late 1960s and early 1970s, became a beauty journalist, writing an advice column.