Leslie Morris was an American fashion designer who headed the couture department at Bergdorf Goodman between 1931 and 1967.
[1] After attending a finishing school, Morris worked as a designer for Harry Collins before being employed in 1928 by Bergdorf Goodman department store to create couture-level clothing in their made-to-order salon.
[1][2][3] Unusually for a department store, Bergdorf actively promoted their in-house designers by name, despite Morris being notably publicity-shy.
[10] At the time, her work was featured in Life magazine including an evening dress from 1951, with a note that the customers who commissioned her "quietly tailored suits" and luxurious ballgowns did so with the intention to wear them for six or more years; and also that it was rare for any Morris design to be made more than six times with many being further individually customized for the client.
[10] Morris presented her last made-to-order collection at Bergdorf Goodman in March 1967, after 39 years in the industry.