VA Fashion Magazine Winter 2014/Spring 2015 | Page 26

Celebrating  Cookie
Jeanette Cooke-Dabney
November 29, 1955 - January 20, 2014
Model * Mentor * Fashion Icon

In
addition
to
being
a
founding
member
of
the

VA
Fashion
Week
team,
Cookie
Dabney
has
graced
the
runways
of
New
York,
Washington
DC,
Miami,

Atlanta
and
other
major
cities
during
her
40
year

career.

She
also
was
coach
and
mentor
to
hundreds
of
young
models,
a
muse
to
many
designers
and
a

friend
to
all
in
the
fashion
community.
Her
legacy

lives
on
through
all
those
she
touched,
her
influence

will
continue
for
years
to
come.