Apr 14, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
The original logo for the Unicorn, the first boutique opened by Marilyn Brooks in the early 1960s. It was a fun destination enjoyed by many and shook up the conservative, staid scene in...
Mar 12, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Model Sam Turkis wearing cotton jersey from the Marilyn Brooks fashion collection of the 1980s, as seen in Toronto Life fashion magazine. Listed are the Marilyn Brooks Boutiques that were open, as well as a new one soon to open. That’s a Fisher...
Mar 3, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
A Marilyn Brooks design on a model arriving at her 1969 SOLD OUT O’Keefe Centre fashion show in #Toronto (now known as Sony Centre for the Performing Arts). People came from everywhere! They had to turn away over 500! Tickets were $2 or $3 and after the show...
Feb 18, 2016 | Throwback Thursday
Here Marilyn Brooks sits at her desk designing in 1972 at her studio apartment in #Toronto on College Street. She had sold her shares of The Unicorn, was starting over, and was doing it ALL at that time. Costumes for TV commercials, brides, a lot of one-of-a-kind...
