Nina Hyde
For her contributions to fashion journalism, Hyde was honored with the Eugenia Sheppard Award and was named a Chevalier des Artes et Lettres.[1] Hyde joined Women's Wear Daily as a corset and brassiere editor, guided by the knowledge she had picked up in her role with Maidenform.She wrote the column "Hyde & Chic" for the paper, using her own funds to travel abroad to cover European fashion shows.[5] She encouraged Jennifer Brice to enter a modelling contest sponsored by Hecht's department store and introduced her to Oscar de la Renta and Stephen Burrows.She was also a board member for Howard University Hospital and the D.C. Dance Company and founded what became the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.