Tiger Morse was known for her 1960s avant-garde clothing design and had owned a few boutique shops in New York City, with celebrity clients.
16 Facts About Tiger Morse
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Tiger Morse worked as a costume designer for John Chamberlain film The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez.
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Tiger Morse's family was Jewish and her parents divorced in 1944.
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Tiger Morse attended the Lincoln School, and the Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut.
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Tiger Morse legally changed her name to Joan M Sand, before her engagement in 1951 to William A Moses.
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In 1967, Tiger Morse was working on designing clothing with kinetics for the "psychedelic collection".
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In 1962, Tiger Morse was featured in an eight page spread in Life magazine, with photographs by Mark Shaw, where she was attending to a textile buying trip in multiple locations in Asia.
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Tiger Morse's work shifted in the early 1960s towards fluorescent colors and more dramatic dress silhouettes; signaling an early change towards counterculture fashion.
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Tiger Morse was named one of the "fashion revolutionaries" in New York by Women's Wear Daily in 1966, alongside Edie Sedgwick, Baby Jane Holzer, Pierre Cardin, Paco Rabanne, Rudi Gernreich, Andre Courreges, Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent, and Mary Quant.
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In 1967, Tiger Morse was working on designing clothing with kinetics for the "psychedelic collection".
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Tiger Morse was a costume designer for the John Chamberlain film The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez, filmed in Mexico starring Ultra Violet and Taylor Mead.
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Tiger Morse moved to London towards the end of her life.
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Tiger Morse was a known amphetamine addict, and died on April 22,1972, at age 40 from a drug overdose while visiting New York City.
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Tiger Morse had been married multiple times, and had one son, Henry Winston Moses.
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Tiger Morse is included in the historical archives at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History; and the Toronto Public Library Archive.
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Around 2013, the Warhol film featuring Morse, Tiger Morse was restored and has been shown during screening events.