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A top designer and shrewd businesswoman, Zoe Cokkinos talks as though she'd give it all up for love
A top designer and shrewd businesswoman, Zoe Cokkinos talks as though she'd give it all up for love

A top designer and shrewd businesswoman, Zoe Cokkinos talks as though she'd give it all up for love

Date3/14/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: A top designer and shrewd businesswoman; Zoe Cokkinos talks as though she'd give it all up for love. 'I believe what my grandmother told me;' she says; 'the heart is forever young.'
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0023481F
Below, couturier Zoe Cokkinos in black silk, with models Jean Fleming, left and Donna De Marco in pale summer linens
Below, couturier Zoe Cokkinos in black silk, with models Jean Fleming, left and Donna De Marco in pale summer linens
4/13/1989
1992 Winners of the city of Toronto's awards for excellence in fashion design, clockwise starting at the top: Lida Baday, James Yunker, Zoe, Susy Yu, Karen Palmer and Chris Kuzik
1992 Winners of the city of Toronto's awards for excellence in fashion design, clockwise starting at the top: Lida Baday, James Yunker, Zoe, Susy Yu, Karen Palmer and Chris Kuzik
10/30/1992
The winner: Alfred Sung Presents the Clairol Fashion Award to Montreal designer Claire Belzil, whose long, full coats (top right) impressed all
The winner: Alfred Sung Presents the Clairol Fashion Award to Montreal designer Claire Belzil, whose long, full coats (top right) impressed all
5/15/1985
Poster perfect: If I wasn't schlepping all day or walking my black Labrador retriever Bo Diddley in the park, I would wear (Claude) Montana designs to work, says businesswoman Marci Lipman
Poster perfect: If I wasn't schlepping all day or walking my black Labrador retriever Bo Diddley in the park, I would wear (Claude) Montana designs to work, says businesswoman Marci Lipman
3/21/1990
Zoe, who opened her first couture salon in Toronto in 1960, directs the fitting of a suit with assistant Jasmine King on client Robin Vaile at her Scollard St. boutique
Zoe, who opened her first couture salon in Toronto in 1960, directs the fitting of a suit with assistant Jasmine King on client Robin Vaile at her Scollard St. boutique
11/17/1987
Above left, designer Lorren Boy wears Bent Boys' Chinese silk Dagwood dress, right, Brenda Bent wears a man's white shirt, Bent Boys' printed pants and embroidered bolero from Courage My Love
Above left, designer Lorren Boy wears Bent Boys' Chinese silk Dagwood dress, right, Brenda Bent wears a man's white shirt, Bent Boys' printed pants and embroidered bolero from Courage My Love
7/5/1989
Lucille Crighton: Textile artist and fashion designer combines a love of textiles with a flair for design
Lucille Crighton: Textile artist and fashion designer combines a love of textiles with a flair for design
8/18/1986
British eccentrics: Left, culture vulture Malcolm McLaren offers congratulations to eccentric ex-love, designer Vivienne Westwood, after the show
British eccentrics: Left, culture vulture Malcolm McLaren offers congratulations to eccentric ex-love, designer Vivienne Westwood, after the show
7/21/1987
Wiping away tears, Mary Feldstein talks of Carrie, the child she must give up after 3 1/2 years
Wiping away tears, Mary Feldstein talks of Carrie, the child she must give up after 3 1/2 years
2/27/1973
Though she denies she seeks vindication, a little mischief in the eyes of singer-composer Judith Lander suggests she'd like to be the one who laughs last
Though she denies she seeks vindication, a little mischief in the eyes of singer-composer Judith Lander suggests she'd like to be the one who laughs last
3/7/1978
Top, designer Michael Tong with stylist Kate Redmond, who wears a Jim Pope dress
Top, designer Michael Tong with stylist Kate Redmond, who wears a Jim Pope dress
3/31/1989
Sunny Choi: Korean-born fashion designer is one of Canada's top fashion illustrators
Sunny Choi: Korean-born fashion designer is one of Canada's top fashion illustrators
1/23/1989