Mildred (Boykin) Orrick was born in 1906 in Virginia. She studied at the Florida State College for Women prior to enrolling at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons The New School for Design). As a student, Orrick was a classmate of Claire McCardell and Joset Walker with whom she maintained lifelong personal and professional relations.

Orrick graduated from Parsons in 1928 and obtained her first design work sketching and modeling for Natasha Rambova in her fashion atelier. Rambova later introduced Orrick to Norman Bel Geddes, who commissioned several projects from her during the 1930s. It was also during this decade that she married architect Jesse Orrick and began freelancing as a magazine illustrator and fashion designer to support a growing family.

In approximately 1943, Joset Walker hired Orrick as a sketcher, thus introducing Orrick to Seventh Avenue. Although Orrick continued her illustration work, she was also working in the fashion industry as a designer, predominantly for the Janice Milan label. In 1957, Claire McCardell asked Orrick to assist her with the summer 1958 collection for Townley Frocks. Following McCardell's death in 1958, Orrick stayed with Townley until the McCardell label was discontinued the following year. Throughout the next two decades, she designed for several labels, including Darlyn Junior, Anne Fogarty, and Villager Clothes.

Mildred Orrick died in Virginia on December 4, 1994.

Mildred (Boykin) Orrick was born in 1906 in Virginia. She studied at the Florida State College for Women prior to enrolling at the New York School of Fine and Applied Art (later, Parsons The New School for Design). As a student, Orrick was a classmate of Claire McCardell and Joset Walker with whom she maintained lifelong personal and professional relations.

Orrick graduated from Parsons in 1928 and obtained her first design work sketching and modeling for Natasha Rambova in her fashion atelier. Rambova later introduced Orrick to Norman Bel Geddes, who commissioned several projects from her during the 1930s. It was also during this decade that she married architect Jesse Orrick and began freelancing as a magazine illustrator and fashion designer to support a growing family.

In approximately 1943, Joset Walker hired Orrick as a sketcher, thus introducing Orrick to Seventh Avenue. Although Orrick continued her illustration work, she was also working in the fashion industry as a designer, predominantly for the Janice Milan label. In 1957, Claire McCardell asked Orrick to assist her with the summer 1958 collection for Townley Frocks. Following McCardell's death in 1958, Orrick stayed with Townley until the McCardell label was discontinued the following year. Throughout the next two decades, she designed for several labels, including Darlyn Junior, Anne Fogarty, and Villager Clothes.

Mildred Orrick died in Virginia on December 4, 1994.