WASHINGTON — Editor's note: The above video is from 2019. A D.C. icon has passed away. Affectionately known as D.C.'s Hat Lady, Vanilla Beane has died. There is no information about when she died or ...

*Vanilla Beane, famously known as “D.C.’s Hat Lady,” reportedly died Sunday, Oct. 23, at age 103. According to The Washington Post, Beane passed away in a hospital in Washington following ...

From working as an elevator operator in a hat store to later crafting some of the most sought-after designs, the owner of Washington’s most acclaimed hat and bridal shop has passed away. Vanilla Beane ...

Vanilla Beane, known as D.C.’s “hat lady,” has died at 103. Beane moved to Washington, D.C. in 1942 and opened Bene Millinery & Bridal Supplies in Northwest D.C. in 1979. She was presented with the ...