all addressed to Mr Marc Houlihan of Palo Alto, California, date-stamped envelopes containing invoices, receipts, letters, the majority with annotations by the client as he tried to keep track of his family’s large couture orders; including a letter from Madame Grès’ assistant giving the prices of couture garments in 1964: a suit $400-560, coat $380-540, afternoon dress $360-500, cocktail dress $460 to $560 and an evening gown $600-900, shortly followed by another where Mme Grès declines to produce a dress from her 1964 collection for him without a proper fitting; a letter from Jean Louis inc, 1963, declining to make a dress for his mother: ’He thinks that the time envolved (sic) with designing and making of the dress would cost more than you would care to pay. He is under contract for Universal Studio and with his work at the studios and his own factory, his time is pretty well taken.’; Emilio Pucci, Hardy Amies and John Cavanagh also decline him; letter and swatches from Victor Stiebel re an Ascot dress; two letters from Pertegaz; letter, swatches, invoice and two photos from Sybil Connolly; letter from Brown Thomas & Co Dublin, apologising that they only stock Dior London; ten assorted letters/invoices from Norman Hartnell, one signed by the designer himself and a quantity of associated sketches; Simonetta sketch and two letters; and approximately six letters from various specialist fabric suppliers (qty)