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Sara Penn
1927–2020
United States
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Biography
Sara Penn (1927–2020) was an American designer who was the owner of Knobkerry, a clothing and antiques store, gallery, cultural center, and arts space in Downtown Manhattan from the 1960s to the 1990s. Penn designed clothes that utilized global and historical textiles. Many of her clothing display strong African, East and Southeast Asian, and Indigenous American influences.
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