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Duff-Gordon started making dresses at home in order to support her daughter. Her mother and her sister, the famous novelist, Elinor Glyn, helped her set up her business. Elinor Glyn introduced the young designer to her aristocratic friends who were impressed with Duff-Gordon’s elaborate and softly-draped tea-gowns.
Unfortunately,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], two events marred Duff-Gordon’s career. These were the inquiry into her and her husband’s actions after the Titanic sank,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and a law case against her. It was a pity that these events affected such a brilliant career.
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Rumors spread that this money was a bribe to keep floundering survivors away in case they swamped the lifeboat. The British Board of Inquiry, after a strong cross-examination of Sir Cosmo and cross-examining his wife, cleared the couple. However, Sir Cosmo
Duff-Gordon was also very innovative in her marketing. She was one of the first designers to hold fashion shows and train her own models. Duff-Gordon’s fashion shows were almost theatrical performances. She paid great attention to music, lighting, and other details.
Lucille Duff-Gordon and the Titanic
Lucile Duff-Gordon’s Early Career
Duff-Gordon had married the Scottish landowner and sportsman, Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, in 1903, and became a Lady. The designer had opened successful boutiques in America so the couple decided to travel on the Titanic in 1912,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], although Sir Cosmo had misgivings.
After Elinor married David Kennedy and the family moved to England, life became somewhat better money-wise.. Lucile Duff-Gordon’s late teenage years were not happy, however. She married James Stuart Wallace when she was 21. They had a daughter, Esme, but Wallace began to drink and became abusive. The young designer divorced him in 1893. It was unusual for women to divorce in those days but Duff-Gordon was strong and had an independent spirit.
Duff-Gordon liked to create ‘personality’ dresses for her clients. She called these creations, which she based on literature or culture or the client’s own personality, her ‘emotional gowns.’ The designer was inspired to make these gowns by the relatively new science of psychology which she liked to study.
After the ship sank, the couple escaped on a lifeboat which only had twelve people on it although it was built to hold forty. The twelve were mostly crew. Duff-Gordon allegedly remarked to her secretary that it was a pity that her ‘beautiful nightdress was gone.’ A member of the crew thought that this was heartless and said that he and the crew had lost everything. Sir Cosmo then offered them money to help them while they were looking for work.
Duff-Gordon was very innovative, using striking colors in her gowns, such as deep purple,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], although she also used the pretty pastel shades which were so admired by Edwardians. She was especially noted for adding sprays of hand-made silk flowers to her gowns.
Lucile Duff-Gordon, born in 1863, was the daughter of Douglas Sutherland and Elinor Saunders. Raised in Canada and Jersey, she experienced poverty as a young girl and she yearned for a wealthier life. After Duff-Gordon’s father died, life was a struggle for her mother, who didn’t have much money and was dominated by her stern French-Canadian mother.
Soon Duff-Gordon became very successful and opened a boutique in a fashionable part of London. Her use of colour, soft draperies, and delicate details, were admired by the aristocracy and the theatrical world. Her customers included Lily Elsie and the mistress of Edward VII, Lily Langtry.
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