Ruth Elizabeth Stiff
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History and knowledge, especially about the Earth, are my passions. I enjoy putting my thoughts to paper and I always try to encourage self-motivation and love for life. LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!
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"Maison Lucile"
On 27th July, 1904, the best of London society crowded into a large, grey-walled Georgian room in Hanover Square, with an empty platform at one end. Music played, lights flashed and the Lords and Ladies sat in their chairs, looking at their programmes. Six stunning ‘models’ swayed, unsmiling, across the stage, wearing such delights as “Spring’s Delirium” and “Pleasure’s Thrall”. Although remarkably familiar for us today, this was a brand new ‘event’ in 1904. This piece of theatre was watched over by its creator, the 41 year old Lucy Duff Gordon, whose business 7 years later became “Maison Lucile” — the first international house of Couture.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff3 years ago in Styled
