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coolchicksfromhistory: Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon circa 1916. Known professionally as Lucile, Lucy was a leading fashion designer at the turn of the century and the first English designer to achieve international fame.  She is credited with training the first fashion models and her work was popular with film stars such as Mary Pickford.   By 1912, Lucile was a transatlantic operation and Lucy boarded the Titanic in order to visit her New York boutique.  Lucy, her husband, and her secretary all survived the sinking and were later accused of bribing their lifeboat crew to stay at a distance from the ship and survivors in the water.  They were cleared of wrongdoing by the Board of Trade inquiry. More about Lucy: Titanic Survivors Vindicated at Last, The Telegraph (UK) Lucile Lingerie, run by one of her descendants  Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From on Amazon

coolchicksfromhistory:

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon circa 1916.

Known professionally as Lucile, Lucy was a leading fashion designer at the turn of the century and the first English designer to achieve international fame.  She is credited with training the first fashion models and her work was popular with film stars such as Mary Pickford.  

By 1912, Lucile was a transatlantic operation and Lucy boarded the Titanic in order to visit her New York boutique.  Lucy, her husband, and her secretary all survived the sinking and were later accused of bribing their lifeboat crew to stay at a distance from the ship and survivors in the water.  They were cleared of wrongdoing by the Board of Trade inquiry.

More about Lucy:

Titanic Survivors Vindicated at Last, The Telegraph (UK)

Lucile Lingerie, run by one of her descendants 

Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From on Amazon

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