Digby Morton (1906–1983) was a highly influential Irish fashion designer and a leading figure in British couture from the 1930s to the 1950s. He is best known for his mastery of tailoring and for elegantly redefining the woman’s suit, transforming the traditional tweed suit into a sleek, modern, and fashionable urban garment.
Morton was a founding member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers and played a key role during WWII by designing for the Utility Clothing Scheme. A pioneer of the modern industry, he quickly embraced ready-to-wear fashion and achieved significant success in the US market, where he was known as “Daring Digby.”
His masterful tailoring and early embrace of ready-to-wear cemented Digby Morton’s status not just as a couturier, but as a visionary who successfully steered British fashion into the modern age.
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| Barbara "Babe" Cushing Mortimer Paley wearing suit by Digby Morton, photo by Clifford Coffin, London, August 1946 |
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| Model in swallow-tailed, yellow tweed topcoat lined with plaid to match the suit underneath by Digby Morton, black velvet hat by R.M. Hats, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1949 |
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| Barbara Goalen in dress and coat by Digby Morton, photo by John French, 1950 |
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| Model in a double-breasted tapered coat by Digby Morton, photo by Lee Miller for the Picture Post, "London Says Dress To Suit Yourself", 1950 |
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| Shelagh Wilson in tweed suit with facings and collar of phantom beaver by Digby Morton, beaver hat by Rudolf, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1950 |
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| Shelagh Wilson in white barathea suit with welted seams and two pleats in the back of the skirt by Digby Morton, flower pot hat by Rodolf, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, May 1950 |
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| Model in slim fitting suit with interesting lapel and pocket details by Digby Morton, Vogue UK, September 1951 |
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| Pat O'Reilly in belted straight up and down coat of clerical-gray tweed chalk-striped in yellow and pale blue, collar is faced with black velvet by Digby Morton, natural shantung beret by Rudolf, photo by Henry Clarke, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1951 |
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| Anne Gunning in Digby Morton's Tudor- style coat in black and gold worn with Henry VIII beret by Rudolf, photo by John French, London, 1952 |
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| Barbara Goalen in liquorice-colored ribbed bouclé coat with a collar and cross-over sash of black Persian lamb by Digby Morton, hat by Rudolf, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1952 |
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| Barbara Miura in gray wool dress, gathered under the breast and has a stiffened horseshoe collar by Digby Morton, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1952 |
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| Cherry Nelms in Digby Morton's tweed dress, here topped with a jersey blouse pulled diagonally, photo by Nina Leen, 1952 |
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| Cherry Nelms in Digby Morton's tweed dress, photo by Nina Leen, 1952 |
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| Fiona Campbell-Walter in a theater coat of black-and-gold shot brocade and braided velvet by Digby Morton, page's cape with curled ostrich feather by Rudolf, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1952 |
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| Digby Morton with model Shirley Worthington, photo by Norman Parkinson, 1953 |
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| Eliette Mouret in white silk coat with enormous lattice print over a slim black silk dress by Digby Morton, hat by Rudolf, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, March 1953 |
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| Kathy Dennis in beige tweed suit by Digby Morton, Glamour, October 1953 |
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| Model in English tweed suit in taupe beige with a hairline plaid, straight jacket with velvet collar over silk blouse by Digby Morton, hat by Lilly Daché, bag by John Frederics, photo by Wilhela Cushman, Ladies' Home Journal, March 1953 |
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| Shelagh Wilson in nubby black-and-white tweed dress and jacket with seal cravat and lining by Digby Morton, black velvet tricorn by Rudolf, black patent handbag from Fior, cover photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1953 |
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| Sunny Harnett in camel-colored dress of wool flannel and jacket of camel's hair and wool by Digby Morton, felt cloche by Knox, leather bag by Milch, photo by Clifford Coffin, Vogue, September 1, 1953 |
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| Susan Abraham in roll-collared, multi-colored jacket over a built-up skirt covered by a jersey spencer by Digby Morton, turban by Rudolf, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, September 1953 |
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| Ann Montgomery in a Digby Morton fur trimmed velvet coat and city gent Michael Bentley in the background, photo John French for the Daily Express, London, 1955 |
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| Evelyn Tripp in a v-backed, garnet velvet dress by Digby Morton, photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill, Glamour, 1955 |
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| Georgia Hamilton in glass-green and white tweed suit belted at the hips by Digby Morton, photo by Gleb Derujinsky at The Manufacturer's Trust Co., New York City, Harper's Bazaar UK, April 1956 |
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| Model in cotton paisley print shirt by Digby Morton and cotton whipcord pants from Balstone, Cooke & Rayonese, photo by Richard Dormer in the home of Otto Lucas, Harper's Bazaar UK, November 1958 |
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| Celia Hammond in Scottish wool suit in scarlet-black plaid with green overline by Digby Morton, over a hooded shirt by Bonnie Cashin, photo by Richard Dormer, Harper's Bazaar UK, August 1962 |
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| Jean Shrimpton in short violet and prune skirt with a suède jerkin from the Magic Triangle Collection by Digby Morton, hat by James Wedge, photo by David Montgomery, Harper's Bazaar UK, October 1964 |
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