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    • Frock coat

    • Frock coat
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    • 1730-1740

    • Wedding coat of Jabez Hamlin (born July 28, 1709 - died April 5, 1779) when he married Margaret Phillips (born August 31, 1713 -died September 6, 1748) in Middletown, Connecticut, on December 6, 1736. Great-great-grandfather of Anna P. Williams....
    • Boots

    • Boots
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    • 1883

    • Worn by Mrs. A. F. Ratray Grieg at Mrs. Potter Palmer's reception for the opening of her house on Lake Shore Drive. Mrs. Grieg was the daughter of David Rattray and Euretta Stuart who came to Illinois from New York in a covered wagon around 1837. ...
    • Dress

    • Dress
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    • 1891

    • Gown from trousseau of Mrs. Andrew Chevalier (née Leila Abi Leonard) Woods.
    • Wedding case with coin

    • Wedding case with coin
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    • 1934

    • Used by donor, née Louise de Marigny Dewey, on occasion of her marriage to Edward Byron Smith on May 23, 1934.
    • Vest

    • Vest
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    • 1854

    • Worn by William Blair at his wedding in 1874.
    • 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.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Cánovas del Castillo, Antonio, 1908-1984 (designer); Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (designer)

    • 1950

    • Worn by donor, née Katherine Woodruff, at her marriage to Marshall Field, Jr. The dress was designed by Antonio Cánova del Castillo who opened the Haute Couture Department of the Elizabeth Arden Salon in New York in 1945.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Comme des Garçons (designer)

    • circa 1996

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

    • Dress

    • Dior, Christian (creator); C.D. Models Ltd. (manufacturer)

    • 1952

    • Worn by the donor, Mrs. Brooks McCormick (Hope Baldwin).
    • Hat

    • Hat

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

    • 1948

    • This hat was purchased by the donor, then 21 years old, during her self-titled "European Odyssey," from the House of Christian Dior (30 avenue Montaigne) in Paris on July 2, 1948. Ms. Holabird remembers having been "overwhelmed" by the elegant...
    • Hat

    • Hat

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

    • circa 1955

    • Christian Dior was especially fond of his very wealthy clients who could afford to be dressed from head to toe with Dior products. The House of Dior offered the fashionable woman a full range of clothing, accessories, and even perfume. For some...
    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • circa 1950

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. Gardner H. Stern, née Hanchen Strauss.
    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • circa 1954

    • This dress was worn by the donor, Mrs. Henry D. Paschen (Maria Tallchief). Although the donor does not remember altering this garment, there are signs of alterations throughout the bodice, waist and skirt hem. The original lining to the bodice has...
    • Mystre

    • Mystre

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

    • 1955

    • Worn by Mrs. Howard Linn, née Lucy McCormick Blair.
    • Ensemble: jacket and skirt

    • Ensemble: jacket and skirt

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

    • 1948

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. William Englehaupt (Dorothy Fuller). Dorothy Fuller's name is synonymous with Chicago fashion; she has worked in the industry for more than fifty years. During the Dior era, Fuller was assistant fashion director of Marshall...
    • Dress and stole

    • Dress and stole

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

    • 1953

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. Robert D. Graff.
    • Ensemble: jacket, skirt

    • Ensemble: jacket, skirt

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

    • 1951

    • From Dior's 1949 "New Look" collection.
    • 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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