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Above, from left, Marilyn Brooks' assistant, Grace Wiebe, in a Brooks design, designer Marilyn Brooks, businessman Michael Cormack, with wife Sunny Ch(...)
Above, from left, Marilyn Brooks' assistant, Grace Wiebe, in a Brooks design, designer Marilyn Brooks, businessman Michael Cormack, with wife Sunny Ch(...)

Above, from left, Marilyn Brooks' assistant, Grace Wiebe, in a Brooks design, designer Marilyn Brooks, businessman Michael Cormack, with wife Sunny Ch(...)

Date12/14/1980
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  • Above, from left, Marilyn Brooks' assistant, Grace Wiebe, in a Brooks design, designer Marilyn Brooks, businessman Michael Cormack, with wife Sunny Ch(...)
  • Above, from left, Marilyn Brooks' assistant, Grace Wiebe, in a Brooks design, designer Marilyn Brooks, businessman Michael Cormack, with wife Sunny Choi, in a green wool evening suit with black velvet accent trim, of her own design.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Above, from left, Marilyn Brooks' assistant, Grace Wiebe, in a Brooks design, designer Marilyn Brooks, businessman Michael Cormack, with wife Sunny Choi, in a green wool evening suit with black velvet accent trim, of her own design.
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      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
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      Above, designer Marilyn Brooks chats with television and film producer Michael Steele
      Above, designer Marilyn Brooks chats with television and film producer Michael Steele
      Brooks, Marilyn
      4/26/1983
      Cheers: Designer Marilyn Brooks, above left, with Heather Reid and Graham Morris at Bonne Bell anniversary party
      Cheers: Designer Marilyn Brooks, above left, with Heather Reid and Graham Morris at Bonne Bell anniversary party
      Brooks, Marilyn
      8/30/1985
      Designer Marilyn Brooks is back on Metro fashion scene creating new designs
      Designer Marilyn Brooks is back on Metro fashion scene creating new designs
      Brooks, Marilyn
      3/3/1971
      Our experts: From the left, retailer Toby Farb, designer Marilyn Brooks and Flare magazine editor Keitha McLean
      Our experts: From the left, retailer Toby Farb, designer Marilyn Brooks and Flare magazine editor Keitha McLean
      Brooks, Marilyn
      7/16/1981
      Brooks: Owner of Marilyn Brooks Boutiques will be at Festival of Canadian Fashion
      Brooks: Owner of Marilyn Brooks Boutiques will be at Festival of Canadian Fashion
      Brooks, Marilyn
      2/19/1986
      Veteran designer: Marilyn Brooks, 53, says she learned a lot from the bankruptcy of her business
      Veteran designer: Marilyn Brooks, 53, says she learned a lot from the bankruptcy of her business
      Brooks, Marilyn
      2/19/1986
      Designer Marilyn Brooks toasts the crowd from the runway during the celebration of her 25th anniversary in fashion
      Designer Marilyn Brooks toasts the crowd from the runway during the celebration of her 25th anniversary in fashion
      Brooks, Marilyn
      2/8/1988
      Marilyn Brooks: Toronto-based designer claims designers weren't consulted on subsidy cut to next New York show
      Marilyn Brooks: Toronto-based designer claims designers weren't consulted on subsidy cut to next New York show
      Brooks, Marilyn
      9/20/1978
      Foundation symbol: Pearl Davey, a Parkinson's patient, models apron that fashion designer Marilyn Brooks, right, created to raise research funds for the Parkinson Foundation of Canada
      Foundation symbol: Pearl Davey, a Parkinson's patient, models apron that fashion designer Marilyn Brooks, right, created to raise research funds for the Parkinson Foundation of Canada
      Brooks, Marilyn
      7/24/1990
      Below, Toronto designer Marilyn Brooks in jewelled turban and peasant shirt with husband Kennedy Coles in appliqued folkloric-chic jacket
      Below, Toronto designer Marilyn Brooks in jewelled turban and peasant shirt with husband Kennedy Coles in appliqued folkloric-chic jacket
      Bock, Tony
      5/4/1987
      Marilyn Brooks, designer formerly with The Unicorn that started off the boutique boom in Toronto in 1963, started designing fashions again as a free-l(...)
      Marilyn Brooks, designer formerly with The Unicorn that started off the boutique boom in Toronto in 1963, started designing fashions again as a free-l(...)
      Brooks, Marilyn
      2/25/1971
      Toronto Designer Marilyn Brooks with her husband Kennedy Cole were among the many guests at the Shawction
      Toronto Designer Marilyn Brooks with her husband Kennedy Cole were among the many guests at the Shawction
      Brooks, Marilyn
      10/9/1984