OCTOBER 13, 2007 - JANUARY 5, 2008
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Mrs.
Howard Linn née Lucy McCormick Blair 1886 – 1978 Born in Chicago, she became one of the city’s social and fashion leaders, entertaining the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales. Mrs. Linn contributed over 150 couture ensembles to the Chicago History Museum including garments made by Chanel, Vionnet, Lanvin, Balenciaga, and Dior. As one journalist observed in 1961: “Seven decades is a long time to be feminine and exciting and gay, to be best-dressed, to have the figure of a young girl, to be, in the French fashion, an intriguing woman, timeless and vital.” |
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