'The thing about suit-blouses now: they're as beautifully cut as jackets, with a tailor's kind of precision in their shapes, seams, details. The blouse here- for a suit of clay-and-white herringbone tweed- ivory wool jersey, meticulously shaped with a perfect circle of binding at the neck, a narrow easy belt. Wool suit and blouse by Ben Zuckerman. At Bonwit Telller, Neiman-Marcus, I Magnin. Textured putty stockings by Berkshire. Jewellery by Tiffany. Adolfo hat. Be Natural Lipstick by Scandia.

New Spring Cycle- $265- of in-the-city-dazzle- opening with this creamy coat whose  new shapeliness is arrived at with gentlest persuasion. A soft flare, a casual tie-up at the waistline- and  the loving-care tailoring of Ben Zuckerman- all in imported petit pointe wool. Como blue, black or navy. Misses sizes, coats, third floor.

This is a Ben Zuckerman coat that dates from 1967, the penultimate year of Zuckerman's career. It's a classic cut- double breasted with patch pockets. What makes it more unusual is the lack of a collar.

New York City, 1951- from left to right- Sophie Malgat in Dior, Anne St. Marie in Ben Zuckerman and Sunny Hartnett in Nettie Rosenstein.