Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

British fashion designer

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1863

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 20-Apr-1935

Profession: costume designer, fashion designer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon (née Sutherland; 13 June 1863 – 20 April 1935) was a leading British fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who worked under the professional name Lucile. The first British-based designer to achieve international acclaim, Lucy Duff-Gordon was a widely acknowledged innovator in couture styles as well as in fashion industry public relations.
In addition to originating the "mannequin parade", a precursor to the modern fashion show, and training the first professional models, she launched liberating slit skirts and low necklines, popularized less restrictive corsets, and promoted alluring and pared-down lingerie.Opening branches of her London house, Lucile Ltd, in Chicago, New York City, and Paris, her business became the first global couture brand, dressing a trend-setting clientele of royalty, nobility, and stage and film personalities.
Duff-Gordon is also remembered as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, and as the losing party in the precedent-setting 1917 contract law case of Wood v.
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, in which Judge Benjamin N.
Cardozo wrote the opinion for New York's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals, upholding a contract between Duff-Gordon and her advertising agent that assigned the agent the sole right to market her name.
It was the first case of its kind, clothes labeled and sold at a lowered cost in a cheaper market under an expensive "brand name".



Alternative names	Dr. Arnold Genthe
Description	German-American photographer and journalist
Date of birth/death	8 January 1869	9 August 1942
Location of birth/death	Berlin	New York City
Work period	1895–1942
Work location	San Francisco, New York City
Authority control	: Q216070 VIAF: 64161805 ISNI: 0000 0000 8143 6842 ULAN: 500023229 LCCN: n79023226 Open Library: OL1114349A WorldCat