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    • 1924

    • Worn by Mamie Buffenstein on occasion of her marriage to William Nathan (born in Germany, 1882, died in Chicago October 1954) on June 3, 1924 in her parent's home at 1310 S. Lawndale Avenue, Chicago.
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    • Blum's Vogue (Chicago, Ill.) (designer)

    • 1927

    • Hanchen Strauss and Gardner H. Stern (b. ca. 1904), both native Chicagoans, were married on February 12, 1927. The dress was purchased from Blum's Vogue in Chicago.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Favre, Henriette (designer)

    • 1902

    • Worn by Mrs. Jacob Greene to the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on August 9, 1902.
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    • Dress

    • Flynn, A., Mrs. (creator)

    • 1901

    • Florence Hooker Cheney (died circa 1905) wore this dress when she married William Cheney Jr. on September 11, 1901. Worn with bright pink satin corset (1984.503.17) and possibly also bright pink garters (1984.503.18).
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    • Halston International (designer)

    • circa 1975

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. John Swearingen.
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    • Dress

    • Halston, 1932-1990 (designer); I. Magnin & Co. (distributor)

    • circa 1977

    • Worn by donor, née Abra Prentice, born on July 30, 1942, married on September 14, 1968, and divorced in 1976.
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    • House of Worth (Firm) (designer)

    • 1900

    • Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.
    • Swan

    • Swan

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)

    • 1954

    • Designed initially in black silk chiffon and tulle, this gown became James's most executed custom order. Vogue featured the garment in 1951. James's wife, Nancy, wore it in the mid 1950s and he created at least one version with a cocktail-length...
    • Butterfly

    • Butterfly

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1954

    • Charles James originally designed the Butterfly ball gown for Mrs. William Randolph Hearst Jr., for the price of $1,250. The sculptural design lives up to a comment once made by Spanish couturier Cristbal Balenciaga, "Charles James is not only the...
    • Robe de style

    • Robe de style

    • Lanvin, Jeanne, 1867-1946 (designer)

    • 1927

    • Court presentation dress worn by donor Mrs. Charles S. Dewey when presented at the Court of St. James in 1927 while her husband was Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department. This kind of dress, with its dropped waistline and...
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Lucile (Firm) (designer)

    • 1916

    • Worn by Katherine Keith at her marriage to David Adler on June 1, 1916.
    • Dress with detachable train

    • Dress with detachable train

    • Madame Schubert (designer)

    • 1923

    • Worn by the donor, Doris Gunderson, on the occasion of her marriage to Chester A. Normann September 29, 1923.
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    • Dress

    • Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1912

    • Worn by donor, née Pauline Brewster, at her marriage to I. Newton Perry on April 20, 1912.
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    • Dress

    • Mori, Hanae (designer)

    • circa 1974

    • Worn by Mrs. William T. Ylvisaker, née Jane Mitchell.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Poiret, Paul, 1879-1944 (designer)

    • 1914

    • Worn by Mrs. Frank Granger Logan, neé Josephine Hancock, mother of the donors.

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