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=== Other figures === One early resident of the Chelsea, U.S. congressman-elect [[Andrew J. Campbell]], died at his apartment in 1894 before he could be sworn in.<ref name="Tippins p. 55" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 7, 1894 |title=Death of Andrew J. Campbell; The Congressman-elect Dies of Bright's Disease After a Short Illness – His Career in Politics. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1894/12/07/archives/death-of-andrew-j-campbell-the-congressmanelect-dies-of-brights.html |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021222922/https://www.nytimes.com/1894/12/07/archives/death-of-andrew-j-campbell-the-congressmanelect-dies-of-brights.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The choreographer [[Katherine Dunham]], who rehearsed at the hotel in the 1960s,<ref name="Tippins p. 143" /><ref name="Karlen 1983" /> was one of the few dance–associated figures to stay in the Chelsea.<ref name="Mackrell 2013" /> [[Communist Party USA]] leader [[Elizabeth Gurley Flynn]] lived at the hotel,<ref name="Gray 1998" /><ref name="Kellogg 2014" /> as did event producer [[Susanne Bartsch]].<ref name="New York Daily News 2011" /> Several fashion designers have lived at the Chelsea. [[Charles James (designer)|Charles James]], credited with being America's first [[couturier]] who influenced fashion in the 1940s and 1950s, moved into the Chelsea in 1964.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hyland |first=Véronique |title=The Secret Life of Fashion Designer Charles James |website=The Cut |date=July 1, 2014 |url=https://www.thecut.com/2014/06/secret-life-of-designer-charles-james.html |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009163252/https://www.thecut.com/2014/06/secret-life-of-designer-charles-james.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The designer [[Elizabeth Hawes]] lived in the Chelsea until her death in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 1971 |title=Elizabeth Hawes Dress Designer, Is Dead at 66 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/07/archives/elizabeth-hawes-dress-designer-is-dead-at-66-attacked-industry-in.html |access-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203025953/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/09/07/archives/elizabeth-hawes-dress-designer-is-dead-at-66-attacked-industry-in.html |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Billy Reid (fashion designer)|Billy Reid]] used one of the Chelsea's rooms as an office, studio, and showroom starting in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brookins |first=Laurie |date=July 20, 2017 |title=Made in America: Four Fashion Designers on What It Takes To Do So |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/made-america-four-fashion-designers-what-takes-do-1023092/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706014432/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/made-america-four-fashion-designers-what-takes-do-1023092/ |url-status=live}}</ref> After returning to New York City in 2001, [[Alabama Chanin|Natalie "Alabama" Chanin]] briefly lived in the Chelsea Hotel.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 6, 2022 |title=A Peek Inside Alabama Chanin Founder Natalie Chanin's Gorgeously Curated Home |url=https://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/home-decorating/alabama-chanin-founder-natalie-chanin-home-tour |access-date=October 16, 2023 |website=InStyle |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611010608/https://www.instyle.com/lifestyle/home-decorating/alabama-chanin-founder-natalie-chanin-home-tour |url-status=live}}</ref>
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