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fig.: Archival photograph, 1919. "Dangerous Ground" evening dress by Lucile. Lucile Archive, 1915-1925. Gladys Marcus Library Special Collections. Fashion Institute of Technology, New York. © Museum at FIT The English
couturière Lucile (Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, 1863-1935) was a groundbreaking
entrepreneur and arbiter of style. Lucile created meainingful names
for her pieces; poetic names such as “Essence of the Dusk,”
“Whispering Joy,” or provocative “Consoled Sin.”
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