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Susan van der Linde Susan van der Linde is an American milliner, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She lives and works in New York.

After spending several years in Paris as a model and assistant director for commercials, Van der Linde moved to New York and studied millinery at the Fashion Institute of Technology, under the direction of Janine Gallimard.

She then became the protegee of legendary milliner Don Marshall (whose creations graced the heads of Joan Crawford, Grace Kelly and Rose Kennedy). After his death in 1995 she opened her own private shop in the Lombardy Hotel.

After 13 years of hat making at the Lombardy, Van der Linde began designing shoes and handbags in her Private Store and Atelier on Manhattan's 57th street.

She has designed hats and accessories to compliment the collections of Vedura, Geoffrey Beene, Mary McFadden, James de Givenchy and CHADO, Ralph Rucci.

The September 2005 Style issue of DEPARTURES magazine featured one of Susan van der Linde's signature flower headpieces. The cover wont the Association of Magazine Media's Best Fashion Cover Award in 2006.