Kay Daly
Kathleen "Kay" Daly (8 January 1919 – 16 October 1975) was an Irish-born American advertising executive and one of the four "celebrated Daly sisters".[1] At Norman, Craig & Kümmel she was the creative force behind the famous Maidenform "I Dreamed ..." campaign and Revlon's legendary 1952 Fire And Ice campaign, working with photographer Richard Avedon. She also was responsible for the line "Every woman alive loves Chanel Number Five". She went on to join Revlon in 1961 as vice president and creative director.
Kathleen Daly was born in
When she moved to San Francisco after World War II, Kay Daly famously rented space on a billboard to advertise for an apartment. It not only netted her an apartment, but netted her nationwide fame and countless marriage proposals. She had a brief marriage to
References
- ^ a b Time. 9 December 1966 [full citation needed]
- ^ a b c d "Maggie Daly, 75, Former Columnist". Kenan Heise. Chicago Tribune. 14 December 1992. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- ^ a b Kay Daly, Revlon Ad Innovater, Dies at 55. 1975. Chicago Tribune (18 October), p. 18.
External links
- Life Magazine Photos [dead link]
- Time Magazine
- "Chapter One: New York on $5,000 a Day" at Andrew Tobias: Money and Other Subjects – from his book Fire And Ice: The Story of Charles Revson, the Man Who Built the Revlon Empire
- Obituary Time Magazine (subscription required)