“At a moment when white patronage of Black-owned businesses was almost unheard of, her client list comprised members of the city’s most prominent white families. Fannie Criss Payne created custom-fit dresses using the latest patterns and most luxurious materials which she purchased during seasonal trips to America’s burgeoning fashion center in New York. In January 1904, the Black-run magazine The Voice of the Negro, profiled Payne, noting: ‘The finest dressmaker in Richmond, regardless of color, is Mrs. Fannie Criss Payne.’”
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