Joan "Tiger" Morse (1931–1972), was an American fashion designer, businessperson and socialite. She was the subject of the Andy Warhol film, Tiger Morse (Reel 14 of ****) (1967). Morse was known for her 1960s avant-garde clothing design and had owned a few boutique shops in New York City, with celebrity clients. She also worked as a costume designer for John Chamberlain film The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez (1968). Morse lived most of her life in New York City, with a period in London in late life. Early life and education Joan Sugarman was born on April 23, 1931 in New York City, the daughter of Marcia Sand (née Freedman), and Russian Empire-born architect Morris Henry Sugarman. Her family was Jewish and her parents divorced in 1944. She attended the Lincoln School, and the Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut. Morse attended Syracuse University and Sorbonne University. She had legally changed her name to Joan M. Sand (her mother's maiden name), before her engagement in 1951 to William A. Moses. Career Morse was the proprietress of the "A La Carte" starting in 1955, later known as the "Kaleidoscope" starting in 1964; Tiger's Toys; and the "Teeny Weeny", a boutique located on Madison Avenue at 73rd Street in New York City. She sold ready-to-wear, and made-to-measure clothing. She also designed shoes and boots. In 1967, Morse was working on designing clothing with kinetics (early electronic clothing) for the "psychedelic collection". Her stores were decorated eccentrically. Amongst her clients were Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Florence Knoll Bassett, Jean Harvey Vanderbilt, and Twiggy. In her early career Morse was interested in working with saris, kimonos, and textiles from Asia. In 1962, Morse was featured in an eight page spread in Life magazine, with photographs by Mark Shaw, where she was attending to a textile buying trip in multiple locations in Asia. Her work shifted in the early 1960s towards florescent colors and more dramatic dress silhouettes; signaling an early change towards counterculture fashion. Her other interests included miniskirts and mini dresses, oversized sunglasses, paper dresses, "little girl dresses" (i.e., babydoll dresses) made with creative fabrics, artificially colored furs, mod fashion, mirrors and mirror balls, "Uncle Sam" themed clothes, and vinyl clothing. Her 1966 fashion show was held in her friend Jan Yoors artist loft in Manhattan, and featured black lights, florescent clothing, and a catwalk suspended above the audience; it was attended by Andy