Morton Myles
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Morton Solomon Myles (June 11, 1929 – June 23, 2021), was an American fashion designer in the 1960s-1980s.
Early life and education
Myles was born in
.Career
After completing his education in fashion design in both
Op Art
Morton Myles embraced the
First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy and the Good Friday Dress
Morton Myles's name became familiar when a young
In a 2002 interview with Barbara Cloud, a columnist at the Post-Gazette, Myles recalled the story of how Mrs. Kennedy, then the wife of U.S. Senator Kennedy, visited the New York salon of Herbert Sondheim accompanied by Vogue’s Diana Vreeland in 1960.[5] The two were searching for dresses of “splendid cut and color” as Myles recalled. Vreeland selected the dress which was a ready-to-wear, and sold to department stores at the wholesale price of $35.75. The Good Friday dress was one of two Morton Myles designs Kennedy purchased that day. Kennedy would be photographed in the dress again for the cover of Look Magazine by Richard Avedon.[6]
The Good Friday dress now is in the permanent collection of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.[7]
Personal life and death
Myles' partner was John L. Otto.[8]
Myles retired in the mid-1990s and moved to Scottsdale, Arizona.[8] Morton Myles died on June 23, 2021, in Scottsdale.[8]
References
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- ^ Cloud, Barbara (October 13, 2002). "The inside story of Jackie's timeless dress". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- ^ Karimzadeh, Marc (July 7, 2021). "Remembering Morton Myles". Council of Fashion Designers of America. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- John F. Kennedy Library. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c Feitelberg, Rosemary (June 28, 2021). "Fashion Designer Morton Myles Dies at 92". Women's Wear Daily.