caption age death_date death_place birth_place credits birth_date gender birthname image article_title name occupation
digby morton , 1949 digby morton.jpg 5 december 1983 london dublin aberfoyle international fashion award , new york , 1956 27 november 1906 male henry digby morton digby morton.jpg digby morton
 digby morton fashion designer
digby morton

henry digby morton -lrb- 1906 -- 1983 -rrb- 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 : '' 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 '' .
