Stephen Burrows (designer)

[9] Inspired by dress forms he came across during a tour of the college,[9] he transferred to New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)[10] where he met a fellow student, Betty Davis, who became his friend and an early muse.

[11] He found his studies frustrating, since FIT professors taught a set of basic draping rules that Burrows had no patience with.

The women who wore his clothes gave off an aura of frantically creative days and wild nights filled with disco music and glamorous people.

[18] Burrows and his partner Roz Rubenstein created a ready-to-wear collection that was sold to the luxury department store Bonwit Teller.

In the fall of 1973, Burrows' first lingerie/sleepwear collection, called "Stevies" was introduced at Henri Bendel's, Bonwit Teller, Lord & Taylor, and Bloomingdales, as well as stores in Chicago, San Francisco, and elsewhere.

[28] In February 1981, Brooke Shields, at age 15, appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine wearing Stephen Burrows.

Other women who loved his clothes included Barbra Streisand, Cher, The Supremes, Bette Midler, and Jerry Hall.

"S by Burrows" was created for a venture with Home Shopping Europe (HSN) in Munich, Germany,[33] while "Everyday Girl" was inspired by Anna Cleveland, daughter to muse and model Pat Cleveland, and "SB73", a cut and sew knit line that was developed based on Burrows' hallmark, color-blocked creations of the seventies.