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The IT Girl: Lady Duff Gordon

July 8th, 2009 | No Comments

History has unfortunately immortalized Lady Duff-Gordon as the cold, imperious woman who, with her husband, Sir Cosmo, commandeered a lifeboat to themselves during the sinking of the Titanic, completely ignoring her position in history as one of the first couturiers and an indomitable, albeit flawed woman, who began her own business to provide an income [...]

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