Rita Britton, a pioneer of fashion retailing, was one of the Honorary Award recipients at the University Campus Barnsley.
In 1967, Rita Britton, who will receive the HonDUniv, founded the dress boutique Pollyanna in her native Barnsley, where the University of Huddersfield has a campus. Now, 43 years later, Pollyanna is Britain's oldest independent fashion retailer and described by the Victoria and Albert Museum as one of the leading shops in the world. Rita has developed her business so that it includes an online shop with a worldwide distribution, selling creations by some of the world's most important designers. Rita has also become a fashion lecturer, a college governor, a broadcaster and works for bodies such s the DfEE Skills Task Force. She is a former Yorkshire Woman of the Year.
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