![]() ![]() While you’ll just have to wait to learn all the secrets he’s uncovered, he did share with me a few factoids you’ll enjoy. Rosenberg is currently working on a book about Morse, as well as a websiteto commemorate the designer. Curated with nuance and ample contextualization, “Tiger Morse by Mark Shaw” offered NYC audiences a never-before-seen look at one of the most important designers of the 20th century. The exhibition included studio portraits of Morse in addition to the series for LIFE magazine, as well as images of Morse’s clients in her garments. The resulting photographs depict Morse in Benares, Kyoto, and Bankok. Morse and her photographer pal, Mark Shaw, approached LIFE magazine with a proposition: the two would jet-set around Asia on a fabric-buying spree, and the latter would photograph the adventure. Photograph Courtesy of the Mark Shaw Photographic Archive And this is because? The historian is actually writing a book about Tiger Morse! Some higher power has heard our prayers, and the avant-garde designer is finally getting the posthumous recognition she deserves. Apparently, the Mark Shaw Photographic Archive, who licensed photographs of Morse to me, had alerted Rosenberg about my blog. ![]() A couple days later, I opened my computer to send Rosenberg an email and I found a message from him in my inbox. Now this is where the story gets strange. The name was familiar– I’d come across his work in my preliminary research and shown images he’d curated in a 2015 exhibition. She also mentioned the name of a design historian and curator, Alan Rosenberg. Patience and determination would be my allies in this research quest. What could I do when my online resources had run out? What else did they know about Tiger Morse? Magidson assured me that, though the information was scarce, it did exist. I attended, and did a write-upof the exhibition and lecture on Canvas And Crumpets.Īt the lecture, I asked the panel for advice. Fashion historian Hazel Clark would be moderating a discussion with designers Andrea Aranow and Anna Sui and curator Phyllis Magidson. As luck would have it, the exhibition was still on, and there was a lecture scheduled for the following week. One such source advertised the “Mod New York” exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York. I was only able to find a few online sources that referenced the designer. Unfortunately, very few of her garments remain– the designer died of a heroin overdose in 1972, and few of her ephemeral dresses were built to last. ![]() My grandmother used to visit her boutique, Teeny Weeny, in the 1960s. I did some research and found out that she was one of the first designers to open her own boutique, and quite possibly invented the light-up dress. In a crunch? Here’s the gist: I found a dress in my vintage box designed by New York City designer Joan “Tiger” Morse in the 1960s. You can read my love letter to the designer here, which features all my preliminary research. ![]()
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