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    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • circa 1955
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    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer); Worth and Bobergh (designer)

    • 1861

    • Although married in Chicago in 1858, it was not until 1874 that the McCormick family constructed a permanent Chicago residence. They had homes in both New York and Washington and traveled abroad extensively, particularly to European expositions at...
    • Sorbet

    • Sorbet

    • Poiret, Paul, 1879-1944 (designer)

    • 1913

    • Anita Carolyn Blair wore this dress to the debut of Gladys High in Chicago, a bold and possibly scandalous choice that would have upstaged the young woman hosting the party.
    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • 1947

    • Ballerina Maria Tallchief donated this dress, the Museum's only piece from Dior's historic first collection. Tallchief was prima ballerina of the New York City Ballet for eighteen years and later became the artistic director of Chicago's Lyric...
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Robina (Paris, France) (designer)

    • 1893

    • Bertha Honoré Palmer commissioned this two-piece ensemble from the Parisian haute couture house Robina in 1892.
    • Ensemble: negligee and chemise

    • Ensemble: negligee and chemise
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    • 1926

    • Brought from Paris and part of the trousseau of Carolyn Baum (born August 7, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died March 28, 1993). She was married on November 15, 1925 in Chicago to Modie Joseph Spiegel, Jr. (born January 29, 2901, died...
    • 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

    • House of Worth (Firm) (designer)

    • 1892

    • Court presentation dress worn by Bertha Honoré Palmer.
    • 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 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

    • Dress

    • Yves Saint Laurent (Firm) (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1966

    • Donor Genevieve W. Urbain served as Vice President and Fashion Director of Marshall Field & Co. The dress was a signature piece for the launching of Yves Saint Laurent's nautical look and was the most publicized garment of all the collection. Ms....
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)

    • circa 1955

    • Dress made for and worn by donor, Mrs. Henry R. Luce (née Clare Boothe) when she was United Sates Ambassador to Italy, 1953-1957.
    • Ensemble: dress, cape, headdress

    • Ensemble: dress, cape, headdress

    • Givenchy, Hubert de, 1927- (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1967

    • Ensemble purchased from Marshall Field & Co. Worn with headdress (1986.566.1c). The dress was shown in the St. Luke's fashion show September 27, 1967. Wearer is anonymous.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Worth, Charles Frédérick, 1825-1895 (designer); House of Worth (Firm) (designer)

    • 1893

    • Evening gown worn by Bertha Honoré Palmer to the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
    • Ensemble: jacket, skirt

    • Ensemble: jacket, skirt

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

    • 1951

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

    • Corset

    • Le Bon Marché (creator)

    • 1900

    • From trousseau of Mrs. Charles Hosmer Morse, mother of donor.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Vionnet, Madeleine, 1876-1975 (designer)

    • 1932

    • Made by Vionnet in the 1930s for donor, Mrs. Thomas W. Donnelley, née Helen Pauling.
    • 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).
    • Hat

    • Hat

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

    • circa 1950

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

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