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    • Bodice

    • Bodice

    • Weeks (designer)

    • 1896

    • Worn as part of wedding ensemble by the donor's mother (née Florence Sanger Pullman, b. 8/11/1868, d. 6/5/1937) on April 29, 1896 on the occasion of her marriage to Frank Orren Lowden (b. 1/26/1896, d. 3/20/1943). In addition to this outer bodice,...
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Robina (Paris, France) (designer)

    • 1893

    • Bertha Honoré Palmer commissioned this two-piece ensemble from the Parisian haute couture house Robina in 1892.
    • Empress Josephine sweatshirt dress

    • Empress Josephine sweatshirt dress

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

    • 1953

    • This ready-to wear dress was initially designed for and marketed by mass-manufacturer Samuel Winston. The exact number of copies manufactured is unknown, but at least one additional version (in brown and black wool) exists, located in the...
    • 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: blouse and skirt

    • Ensemble: blouse and skirt

    • Halle Bros. Co. (Cleveland, Ohio) (designer)

    • 1926

    • Wedding dress worn by Mrs. L. Hubbard (Elaine Black) Shattuck for her marriage, December 18, 1926. Mr. Shattuck was the director of the Chicago Historical Society from 1927-1945.
    • 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 and skirt

    • Ensemble: bodice and skirt

    • Heister, Mark (designer)

    • 1980

    • This evening gown was made by Mark Heister for Dorothy Fuller Englehaupt for the wedding of her son, William Englehaupt III. Mark Heister also designed the bride's and bridesmaid's dresses for the same wedding. At the time of purchase, this dress...
    • 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: bodice, apron and skirt

    • Ensemble: bodice, apron and skirt

    • Kozak, Channah (designer); Kozak, Sara (designer)

    • 1895

    • Worn by Mrs. Moishe Kooperman, née Sara Kozak and her granddaughter, Mrs. Thomas George Mapp née Jane Sara Cooperman (the name's spelling changed when the family came to America). Designed and made in Ukraine by Channah Kozak and her daughter...
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Loper, Don, 1906-1972 (designer)

    • 1955

    • Worn by donor's aunt, Frances Abrams McCall, at her second wedding. Was originally worn with a very thin belt.
    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Beene, Geoffrey, 1924-2004 (designer); I. Magnin & Co. (manufacturer)

    • 1987

    • Purchased from I. Magnin with funds provided by the Costume Committee.
    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Ensemble: dress and jacket

    • Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)

    • circa 1955

    • Made for and worn by the donor, Mrs. Henry R. Luce (née Clare Boothe), when she was made a Dame of the Knights of Malta.
    • 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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