Caroline Rennolds Milbank joined Doyle New York as Consultant for Couture Clothing and Costume Jewelry in 1982. Her research in fashion history has resulted in three acclaimed books: Couture: The Great Designers published in 1985 by Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York Fashion: The Evolution of American Style published in 1989, and The Couture Accessory published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in 2002. Besides writing for such publications as Architectural Digest, Connoisseur, Vogue, Elle Decor and The New York Times Magazine, she has contributed essays having to do with the history of fashion to museum catalogues and books, including: Chanel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute, 2005; Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein (2003); Giorgio Armani (2000); Icons of Fashion. The 20th Century (1999) Our Town: Images and Stories from the Museum of the City of New York (1997), and The Encyclopedia of New York City (1995). She was the curator of the costume components of the following exhibitions: Elegance, Glamour and Style: Fashion and its Photography, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1998; Noble Dreams, Wicked Pleasures: American Orientalism, 1870-1930, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2000; John Singer Sargent: Portraits of the Wertheimer Family, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 2000; Art and the Empire City: New York 1825-1861, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000; and The Couture Accessory, The Museum at F. I. T., 2004. Ms. Milbank has been in the appraisal and auction business for thirty years, having previously been with Sothebys, New York from 1978 to 1982 in charge of antique clothing auctions.