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Hunter College Alumna Phyllis Rifield ‘51 Honored in Vogue’s Most Remembered Fashion Figures of 2018

December 18, 2018
Phyllis Rifield

Phyllis Rifield (Photo Courtesy of A&E Indie Films)

Hunter College mourns the passing of alumna Phyllis Rifield who graduated in 1951. Phyllis worked at Vogue Magazine for 36 years and was crowned as "the unofficial historian for the brand, as well as a keeper of its institutional memory."

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