OCTOBER 13, 2007 - JANUARY 5, 2008
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Lady
Duff Gordon, née Lucy Christiana Sutherland (1863 – 1935), was
born in London, raised in Canada and later achieved
international success as a fashion designer under the name
“Lucile.” In 1894, she opened her first shop and soon
established branches of her couture house in New York, Paris,
and Chicago, as well as London. In 1900, she married Sir Cosmo
Duff Gordon and in 1912, she and her husband survived the
sinking of the Titanic. Lucile, Ltd. was known for its use of exotic motifs and silhouettes. This coat from the Paris branch reflects the taste for chinoiserie found in French fashions around 1923. |
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| Lucile, Ltd., coat, circa 1923, France, worn by Margaret Harwood Stevens, gift of Mr. Richard Goodrich Stevens, CHM, 1990.390 Photograph by Irving Solero | ||||||