Dress

Design House Lucile Ltd., New York American
 Designer Lucy Christiana Duff-Gordon British

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Although she had an old-fashioned sensibility for the feminine that defined waists in belts and cummerbunds in otherwise cylindrical silhouettes, Lucile was modern in her use of tissue-thin layerings and veilings. A modern-day Salome has to be envisioned in these dresses. If lingerie dressing was and has always been a modern impulse, Lucile managed to create its most conservative and proper version.

Dress, Lucile Ltd., New York (American, 1910–1932), silk, cotton, American

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Dress, Lucile Ltd., New York (American, 1910–1932), silk, cotton, American
Dress, Lucile Ltd., New York (American, 1910–1932), silk, cotton, American
Dress, Lucile Ltd., New York (American, 1910–1932), silk, cotton, American
Dress, Lucile Ltd., New York (American, 1910–1932), silk, cotton, American

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