The Original "El Morocco" No-News 1948 French Design Gibbs wrote

Gibbs wrote

and the illustrations are dotted with the celebrities they knew there: Richard Avedon takes Eloise's passport photograph

a horrified tenant of a hideous chalet

designed by Rex Whistler

Frame: 16 5/8"H x 16 1/4"W

The Original "El Morocco" No-News 1948 French Design Gibbs wroteCover artwork by Jaro Fabry [11] pp. 1948 9" x 6" Stapled wraps Volume 17 Number 2 Fine El Morocco (sometimes nicknamed Elmo or Elmer) was a 20th century Manhattan nightclub frequented by the rich and famous from the 1930s until the decline of caf society in the late 1950s. It was famous for its blue zebra stripe motif (designed by Vernon MacFarlane) and its official photographer, Jerome Zerbe. In 1931, John Perona (born Enrione Giovanni Perona in