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Favorite decades: 1910's, 1800's, 1870's
Favorite artists: Anthony van Dyck, Giovanni Boldini, Henry Fuseli, Thomas Lawrence
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Fashion designer Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon in a cutting-edge evening dress, 1910
The press portrayed Lucile and her husband as heartless aristocrats who bribed the crew in their lifeboat to ignore people freezing in the water after Titanic sank, supposedly because they were afraid that the lifeboat would be swamped. This story is generally considered today to be the result of a couple checks taken in the wrong context. Read more here.
Shoes by Steven Arpad, 1939 France, the Met Museum
Shoes by Steven Arpad, 1939 France, the Met Museum
Wedding dress worn by Queen Fabiola of Belgium, 1960 Paris (worn in Brussels), Mona Bismarck Foundation
She was married to Baudouin on December 15, 1960. The dress is made of satin and mink.
Wedding dress by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1957 Paris, Mona Bismarck Foundation
Evening dress by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1939 Paris, Les Arts Décoratifs
Evening dress by House of Worth, ca 1910 Paris
Evening dress by Lucile, ca 1910 New York
Would you pay $35,850 for a dress, even if it is by Lucile? Apparently somebody would.
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