![]() ![]() She thought nothing, so it is reported, of spitting her gum (which she chewed often and with relish) out of a window at her New York loft, ignoring the possibility that it might land on a passerby (which it did once, prompting an angry woman with gum in her hair to storm the loft and demand an apology. Rules and propriety were for other people. “Madame” was mercurial and prone to fire anyone who did not do her bidding instantly. ![]() The people who worked for her were indeed terrified half the time. ![]() Nobody was allowed to stand in her way to success. I wondered: do I really want to write about her? Is she too much of an obnoxious type? When I first “met” Lady Duff Gordon in the course of researching The Dressmaker, I thought she was one of the most imperious and unlikeable women I had come upon in years. Her clothes were worn by royalty, high society women and glamorous movie stars alike.īut Lucile, herself, was a very tough lady. Lucile was famous for her diaphanous, floating fabrics in soft colors that freed women from the corsets of the nineteenth century. Let me introduce you to the most famous designer you’ve never heard of-a fiery red-head named Lucile Duff Gordon, who in the early years of the twentieth century was the one of the top names in the fashion world. The Most Famous Designer You’ve Never Heard Of ![]()
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