King specialised in good-quality separates and day-into-evening looks, which proved versatile and good value during the Great Depression.Press release for the Muriel King exhibition, Fashion Institute of Technology, March 5, 2009 King kept her designs simple and high quality, believing that dresses should just have one detail. Her method of working was unusual, as she was not a formally trained fashion designer, and did not cut, drape or sew. She created fully finished watercolour sketches showing her designs, which her tailors and sewing staff then interpreted into proper garments.
