In James's ranking of his top four creations, the Pagoda came in at number four for its emphasis on the "fine art of tailoring." Originally designed in 1954, Harper's Bazaar featured the suit in its July 1955 issue, the same year it was purchased...
Worn by Philip Wrigley throughout his service as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and at his marriage to Helen Atwater. Phillip Wrigley was the owner of the baseball team Cubs.
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...
Purchased by donor in the late Spring or Summer 1969 from Saks Fifth Avenue (sent from NYC). Worn to the Boys Club Ball at the Shedd Aquarium when the donor was the Chairman of the Ball. Subsequently worn to North Shore debut parties and parties...
Worn by Mrs. Henry Nelson Tuttle, née Fannie Farwell (1858-1918). Fannie Farwell's wedding to Henry Tuttle in the winter of 1888 was a grand social affair attended by Chicago's most notable families. Fannie wore this traveling coat as part of her...
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...
Worn by Paul B. Norland as a page at the wedding of Mattie Quales and Ernst A. Erickson in 1897. The wedding took place at the Quales family homestead at 1951 West Schiller Street, Chicago, where Mr. and Mrs. Erickson lived after their marriage....
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...
