Bring Me Paris Tied In A Bow

"Mother's Day is not complete without my other mother figures. 
Pat, who influenced me so much. It probably was because of her I came to live in Paris. In her last years I went back to SF to see her every year. Every time I asked her what she would like me to bring, she would say:
 "bring me Paris tied in a bow."
Voilà Pat in her most Parisian, in a 1947 Dior." -Nancy Li

  Photo Nat Farbman of  Pat English,  photojournalist for LIFE.