Auden and his poet-boyfriend, Chester Kallman, Carson McCullers, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Jane and Paul Bowles, Oliver Smith, Marc Blitzstein, Richard Wright, and GypsyRoseLee.
The American couturier Charles James known for his sexy, structured ballgowns worn by the likes of strip-tease artist GypsyRoseLee also peddled pint-sized fashions during that time.