Phyllis Dalton, the revered British costume designer who created Peter O’Toole ‘s iconic white desert robe for David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia and won Oscars 24 years apart for her work on ...

A native of Chiswick and a graduate of Ealing Art College, the British designer got her start in film as a wardrobe assistant on Lawrence Olivier’s adaptation of “Henry V” back in 1944.