Colin Desmond Cole (1 February 1931 – June 1987) was a New Zealand fashion designer, active from the 1950s to 1980s.
[3] After a short lived job in the post office in Rotorua he began his career in fashion as a pattern cutter and apprentice designer for two dress making companies in Auckland, F.M.
[7] Cole exhibited and sold garments outside New Zealand: at the Commonwealth fashion show in 1967,[8] and in Muscat, Oman in 1986.
[3] His dresses were also worn by well-known women such as opera singer Kiri Te Kanawa.
[2] In 1968 one of his dresses was worn by Christine Antunovic representing New Zealand at the Miss Universe contest.