Before Chanel took over the fashion world, there was Lucile.
Lucy Sutherland, known later on as Lucile and as Lady Duff-Gordon, was a former Guelph resident who went on to become a fashion designer, creating over a hundred gowns for films. She is credited for the tea gown that freed women from the corset in the Edwardian era, and coined the term 'chic.' Besides her fashion legacy, Lucile also survived the Titanic.
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Lucy Sutherland, known later on as Lucile and as Lady Duff-Gordon, was a former Guelph resident who went on to become a fashion designer, creating over a hundred gowns for films. She is credited for the tea gown that freed women from the corset in the Edwardian era, and coined the term 'chic.' Besides her fashion legacy, Lucile also survived the Titanic.
Guelph artist brings Lady Duff Gordon to life in new book
'It's a Guelph story,' said Laurie McGaw about 'Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic'
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