Dress

Design House Serendipity 3 American
 Designer Stephen Bruce American
 Designer Leila Larmon American

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Stephen Bruce, along with Patch Carradine and Calvin Holt formed the Serendipity 3, opening a tiny coffee shop and boutique that would become an New York institution and favorite of such icons as Andy Warhol. Bruce began his fashion career as a window dresser for Macy's, and designed clothes for the shop's boutique along with Leila Larmon. The whimsical style of both the Serendipity label and the shop itself is evident in this caftan depicting the "Hey Diddle Diddle" nursery rhyme.

Dress, Serendipity 3 (American, opened 1954), cotton, American

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