This lovely ensemble dates from 1958 and is made of silver silk brocade. This outfit is modelled by Ivy Nicholson, who was a top model in the 1950's. When she retired as a model she started an acting career, staring in several of Andy Warhol's Factory films.

From 1958- aa trio of pretty dresses.

From the left, a vanilla beige jersey dress by Talmack with hat by Emme, cornflower blue mohair blend dress by Zuckerman, and pink mohair tweed dress by B.H. Wragge.

Talmack made very high end dresses, and it's main designer at this point was John Moore. A protege of Norman Norell, Mr. Moore graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York in 1950 and worked as a designer for Elizabeth Arden, Jane Derby and Mattie Talmack before opening his own business in 1963. He also designed for many private clients including Angela Lansbury, Lisa Kirk and Marilyn Monroe, achieving a notoriety of sorts when the strap of Monroe's dress broke as she was signing the contract to appear in the film ''The Prince and the Showgirl.'' He also designed the dress Monroe wore at her marriage Arthur Miller.

B.H. Wragge was a designer and manufacturer of clothing, founded by Sydney Wragge in 1931. He made well designed and constructed clothing, mainely seperates and 'casual' dresses. The house closed in 1971.

This Ben Zuckerman suit dates from February 1960 and features a short jacket with a high waisted skirt in glen plad. The hat is by Emme, who designed hats for many notable people in the 1950's and 60's, including Lauren Bacall.