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    • Dress

    • Comme des Garçons (designer)

    • circa 1996

    • Worn by Mrs. Ronald Krueck, née Anstiss Hammond.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Sophie (Firm) (manufacturer)

    • circa 1954

    • Worn by Mrs. Phyliss Willett (1937-2006).
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Fath, Jacques, 1912-1954 (designer)

    • 1951

    • Worn by Mrs. Harry Drake (1907-1997), née Alice Bremner. This dress was featured in the March 1951 issue of American Vogue.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Saint Laurent, Yves (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1958

    • Worn by Mrs. Harold J. Nutting (d.1962). Petticoat and foundational garment (1962.71) worn with this dress.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Saint Laurent, Yves (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1958

    • Worn by donor. Purchased at Stanley Korshak in Chicago.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Paquin, Jeanne, 1869-1936 (designer)

    • 1910

    • Worn by Mrs. Henry A. Rumsey. In 1911, the Rumseys commissioned a grand home - modeled after the eighteenth-century Clifford Manor House in Warwickshire, England - on eight acres in Lake Forest, Illinois. The label on this dress states it was made...
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Callot Soeurs (Firm) (designer)

    • circa 1917

    • Worn by Mrs. Potter Palmer II, née Pauline Kohlsaat.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Vionnet, Madeleine, 1876-1975 (designer)

    • 1928

    • Worn by donor.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1948

    • This gown is an example of the New Look introduced by Christian Dior in 1948.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Saint Laurent, Yves (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1958

    • Object was donated and worn by dancer and choreographer Ruth Page (Mrs. Thomas Hart Fisher).
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer); Samuel Winston Inc. (manufacturer)

    • 1951

    • This dress was initially designed as a ready-to-wear dress for production by Samuel Winston. The precisely placed seams allowed the garment to be tailored to the exact measurements of its wearer. Only one other version is known to still exist: ...
    • Dress with detachable stole

    • Dress with detachable stole

    • Dessès, Jean, 1904-1970 (designer); Jean Dessès (Firm)(designer)

    • circa 1951

    • Worn by Mrs. William O. Hunt, née Jeanette Peterkin.
    • Ensemble: blouse and skirt

    • Ensemble: blouse and skirt

    • Broich, Christoph, 1966- (designer)

    • 2004

    • The donor wore this ensemble from 2004 to June of 2008 at various day and early evening functions both around Chicago and in Europe. She purchased the piece in Antwerp from the design house of Christoph Brioch, one of the leading Dutch contemporary...
    • Ensemble: bodice and skirt

    • Ensemble: bodice and skirt

    • Cardin, Pierre, 1922- (designer); Blum's Vogue (Chicago, Ill.) (destributor)

    • circa 1956

    • Worn by donor, née Eloise Wright (b. October 28, 1914; m. May 4, 1940).
    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1955

    • Object was donated and worn by dancer and choreographer Ruth Page (Mrs. Thomas Hart Fisher).

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