Doris Langley Moore
Doris Langley Moore | |
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Doris Langley Moore (photo by Lafayette, 1928) | |
| Born | 1902 Lancashire, England |
| Died | 1989 (aged 86–87) |
| Occupation | Author, biographer, and fashion historian |
| Subject | Fashion history; Lord Byron |
Doris Langley Moore OBE (1902–1989), also known as Doris Langley-Levy Moore, was one of the first important female fashion historians. She founded the Fashion Museum, Bath (as The Museum of Costume), in 1963. She was also a novelist, a well-respected Lord Byron scholar, and author of a 1940s ballet, The Quest. As a result of these wide-ranging interests, she had many connections within fashionable, intellectual, artistic and theatrical circles.