Design for Loving is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring June Thorburn, Pete Murray and Soraya Rafat. Its plot concerns a beatnik who becomes a top fashion model. It is also known by the alternative title Fashion for Loving.
Plot
With an eye on the youth market, fashion executive Barbara Winters (June Thorburn) hires beatnik Stanford (Pete Murray) as her chief fashion adviser. However, discovering Stanford is in reality Lord Stanford, leads to ensuing comic complications.
Cast
June Thorburn - Barbara Winters
Pete Murray - Lord Stanford
Soraya Rafat - Irene
James Maxwell - Joe
June Cunningham - Alice
Prudence Hyman - Lady Bayliss
Michael Balfour - Bernie
Edward Palmer - Graves
John Bay - Freddie
Marjie Lawrence - Mrs. Samson
Katharine Page - Chaperone
Patsy Smart - Landlady
Mark Singleton - Karl
Charles Lamb - Walter
Humphrey Lestocq - Manager
Mary Malcolm - Compere
Angela Douglas - Bernie's Secretary
Critical reception
TV Guide concluded that the film "...fails to produce much excitement, comic or otherwise."