Before he started his own company, Donald Brooks started his career working for the junior sportswear company Darbury. This classic cotton check shirt dress by Brooks for Darbury is very different from what he would later design for his own label. He was likely working within the guidelines of what Darbury wanted for its customers and this was very early in his career. But the dress is so classic that it could have been made last month and still look in-style and of-the-moment. Do you have a classic shirtwaist dress in your closet? Do you wear it over and over? If not, perhaps you should consider it!
Photo by Francesco Scavullo for Harper's Bazaar, 1956.
