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    • Nightgown

    • Nightgown
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    • circa 1880

    • Belonged to Mrs. Bertha Honoré Palmer (1850-1918), mother-in-law of donor.
    • Ensemble: dress, jacket, and belt

    • Ensemble: dress, jacket, and belt
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    • 1944

    • Bridesmaid gown for the wedding of Mary Seymour Adams, daughter of donor, and George Berkely Young at St. James Episcopal Church, March 24, 1944. The bridesmaids were: Mrs. Cyrus Hall (Harriet Haynes) Adams III; Mrs. Gerald V. (Elizabeth Armour)...
    • 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.
    • Corset

    • Corset

    • Le Bon Marché (creator)

    • 1900

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

    • Tree

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer)

    • 1957

    • James created his first Tree gown in 1955; this version followed two years later. He stated that the design used "faille stretched like a ruched membrane over a stiffened shell molded NOT to the figure of the client, but to the shape I wished it...
    • Military uniform

    • Military uniform

    • Mainbocher, 1891-1976 (designer)

    • circa 1942

    • Margaret Heing (b. 2/24/1911) wore this Navy WAVES uniform designed by Mainbocher when she married Mortimer Abramson on February 1, 1947. Margaret's family had been in Chicago since the 1840s and she graduated from DePaul University in 1933. She...
    • Corset

    • Corset
    •  

    • 1898

    • Part of Frances Glessner's trousseau for her marriage to Blewett Lee, February 9, 1898 at 1800 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
    • Dress

    • Dress
    •  

    • 1880

    • Part of the trousseau of Mrs. Lyon Playfair Ross, mother of the donor.
    • 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: 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.
    • Vest

    • Vest
    •  

    • 1838

    • Worn by D. C. Fisk (great-great grandfather to Mr. Bennet B. Harvey, Jr.) to his wedding. Worn with spectacles (1991.580.15a-b).
    • Corset

    • Corset
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    • 1901

    • Worn by Elizabeth Hooker Cheney at her wedding on September 11, 1901.
    • Corset

    • Corset
    •  

    • 1887

    • Worn by Miss Honore O'Shea, daughter of James J. O'Shea and Honore Pyne O'Shea, when she married donor's father, John J. Sullivan, November 10, 1887 at Holy Family Church, Roosevelt and May Street, Chicago.
    • Vest

    • Vest

    • Delang & Company (creator)

    • 1909

    • Worn by Mr. Bruce Borland, husband of donor, at his wedding to Miss Dorothy Fuller.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Fath, Jacques, 1912-1954 (designer)

    • 1951

    • Worn by Mrs. Harry Drake (1907-1997), née Alice Bremner. This dress was featured in the March 1951 issue of American Vogue.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Comme des Garçons (designer)

    • circa 1992

    • Worn by Mrs. Howard Bernstein.
    • Ensemble: jacket and skirt

    • Ensemble: jacket and skirt

    • Thierry Mugler (Firm) (designer)

    • 1989

    • Worn by Mrs. Sandy Kagan-Angell (b. 1942). This piece was worn by the donor to the Infant Welfare Society of Chicago Near North Auxiliary Chapter's "Run for the Roses" event, held at the Galleria Marchetti in June of 1999. Over $15,000 was raised...
    • Corset

    • Corset

    • Lemal, Madame (creator)

    • 1909

    • Worn by the donor at her wedding in 1909.

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