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    • 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...
    • Cape

    • Cape

    • Robina (Paris, France) (designer)

    • circa 1900

    • Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Poiret, Paul, 1879-1944 (designer)

    • 1914

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

    • Dress

    • Halston International (designer)

    • circa 1975

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

    • Dress

    • Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1912

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

    • 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.
    • Dress

    • Dress
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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.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Mori, Hanae (designer)

    • circa 1974

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

    • 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).
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • S.M. Greenman (manufacturer)

    • 1891

    • Worn by Mrs. Swan (née Anna "Nellie" Selander) Nelson, mother of donors.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Lucile (Firm) (designer)

    • 1916

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

    • Dress

    • Reville & Rossiter Ltd. (designer)

    • circa 1910

    • Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • 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

    • House of Worth (Firm) (designer)

    • 1900

    • Worn by Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer.
    • Dress and slip

    • Dress and slip

    • Vionnet, Madeleine, 1876-1975 (designer)

    • 1938

    • Court presentation dress worn by Mrs. Potter Palmer II, née Pauline Kohlsaat (1882-1956).
    • 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.
    • Ensemble: blouse, skirt and underskirt

    • Ensemble: blouse, skirt and underskirt

    • Rhodes, Zandra, 1940- (designer)

    • circa 1979

    • Worn by Mrs. Angelo Richard Arena, née Alice Paluzuelos, to the opening of the Marshall Field & Co. store in Houston, Texas in November, 1980; to the opening of the Lyric Opera in September, 1981; to dinner honoring Princess Margaret at the Casino...
    • Ensemble: bodice, skirt, coat

    • Ensemble: bodice, skirt, coat

    • Schlesinger & Mayer (creator)

    • 1902

    • Worn as setting-out suit by Mrs. Frederick H. Scott (née Helen Webster), mother of the donor, after her marriage on December 2, 1902.

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