Jessica Ford (l) in black Irish linen sheath with white satin bow by Oleg Cassini. Anne St. Marie in black knit sheath with beige grosgrain ribbons by Donald Brooks, hats by Sally Victor, photo by Karen Radkai, Vogue, May 1, 1957

 

Dorothea McGowan in black herringbone late-day dress of Dacron and cotton blend by Donald Brooks for Townley, hat by Lilly Daché, jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels, Vogue, April 1, 1964

 

Dorothea McGowan in coal-black twill dress with décolleté slashed to a high lifted bosom, by Donald Brooks for Townley, veiled hat by Lilly Daché, diamond spray by Van Cleef & Arpels, photo by Richard Avedon, Harper's Bazaar, April 1963

 

Remembering American fashion designer Donald Brooks on his Birthday, January 9, 1928 - August 1, 2005

Clockwise from top left to right: Birgitta af Klercker, Christa Vogel, Nena von Schlebrugge, Angela Howard, Isabella Albonico, Dorothea McGowan, Suzy Parker, Lucinda Hollingsworth and center Donald Brooks.
 

Gretchen Harris in brown-gray-white plaid wool coat with opossum collar by Donald Brooks, cloche by John Frederics Charmer, photo by Lionel Kazan, Vogue, August 15, 1957

Mary McLaughlin in dinner shirt and skirt of leopard-printed batiste by Donald Brooks, photo by Richard Rutledge, Vogue, June 1, 1957

Lucinda Hollingsworth is  wearing a green and black floral print dress with matching jacket by Donald Brooks for Danbury, photo by Sante Forlano, Glamour, Dec. 1956

Wilhelmina wearing sleeveless blouse of green paillettes with purple cut-velvet chalwar-trousers that balloon about over bare legs by Donald Brooks, photo by Horst, 1965