Aberfoyle International Fashion award, New York, 1956[4]
Henry Digby Morton (1906–1983) was an Irish fashion designer and among the leading names of British couture in the period from 1930-50. He was also among the pioneers of ready-to-wear fashions in the 1950s. Successful on both sides of the Atlantic, he redefined women's suits and tailoring, earned himself the moniker 'Daring Digby' for his US fashion venture and helped to establish the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers, an early forerunner of the British Fashion Council.
His contemporary Hardy Amies said of Morton: "[His] philosophy was to transform the suit from the strict tailleur, or the ordinary country tweed suit with its straight up and down lines, uncompromising and fit only for the moors, into an intricately cut and carefully designed garment that was so fashionable that it could be worn with confidence at the Ritz".[5]
Digby Morton checked jacket and dress ensemble from 1948-9, part of the Victoria and Albert Museum archive
Henry DigbyMorton (1906–1983) was an Irish fashion designer and among the leading names of British couture in the period from 1930-50. He was also among...
Phyllis May Digby-Morton, born Phyllis May Panting, (1901 – 28 April 1984) was a British fashion journalist who was the innovative editor of Woman and...
by Kate Morton. It has been suggested that Honoré de Balzac's character Lady Arabella Dudley is based on Digby. Lindsay Duncan portrayed Digby in the 2021...
Pamela Beryl Harriman (née Digby; March 20, 1920 – February 5, 1997), also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born American political...
John Elkanah Morton (1793 – April 20, 1835) was a political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented the town of Digby in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly...
the British and French fashion scenes: Dublin-born London designer, DigbyMorton (1906-83) featured Aran-“inspired” handknits for the first time in his...
for being a major training ground for British couturiers, numbering DigbyMorton, Hardy Amies, and Michael Donnellan among its chief designers. Later...
British designers opened their own Houses, such as Victor Stiebel and DigbyMorton, formerly at Lachasse where Hardy Amies was the designer after 1935....
playwright, Arthur Wimperis, 65 and the fashion couple Henry and Phyllis Digby-Morton. The ten children among the fare-paying passengers included the three...
assistant at an Elizabeth Arden salon in London's Bond Street. Phyllis DigbyMorton, editor of Woman and Beauty asked White if she would be photographed...
They and the suit uniform which followed shortly after were designed by DigbyMorton, the famous London couturier, and the thick green/grey Harris tweed from...
1930s, Hardy was designing the entire Lachasse collection – succeeding DigbyMorton. His second celebration creation was "Made in England", a biscuit-coloured...
Sybil Morrison, suffragist and pacifist (born 1893) 28 April – Phyllis DigbyMorton, fashion journalist (born 1901) 30 April – Marcus Dods, composer and...
Joseph LaMothe (né Lemott, later Morton; c. September 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz...
The Ambassador to showcase designs by, among others, Norman Hartnell, DigbyMorton and Victor Stiebel. Similarly, in 1961, he supplied all the hats worn...
as "one of the big 10 of the British fashion world", the others being DigbyMorton, Norman Hartnell, Charles Creed, Molyneux, Worth, Mattli, Victor Stiebel...
Lady Leveson Hardy Amies Charles Creed Norman Hartnell Mattli Molyneux DigbyMorton Bianca Mosca Peter Russell Victor Stiebel The film marked the fourth...
Charles Creed (at Fortnum & Mason), Norman Hartnell, Edward Molyneux, DigbyMorton, Peter Russell, Victor Stiebel (of Jacqmar) and Worth London. Along with...
became journalists, Phyllis as the noted women's magazine editor Phyllis DigbyMorton. The family employed one servant. In 1921, The Literary Year-Book gave...
Creek, Waiting for Saskatchewan David Walker 1911 1992 novelist The Pillar, Digby Joan Walker novelist Pardon My Parka, Repent at Leisure Aimee Wall novelist...
Arthur Digby is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama Holby City, played by actor Rob Ostlere. He first appeared in the series fifteen episode...
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