High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Anne Fogarty (1919–1980) was an American fashion designer, active 1940–80, who was noted for her understated, ladylike designs that were accessible to American women on a limited income. She published a style manual in 1959 (reprinted 2011), Wife Dressing: The Fine Art of Being a Well-Dressed Wife, which emphasized femininity, neatness, and always being suitably dressed as desirable qualities.