Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic

Before Chanel there was Lucile. She was one of the world's most glamorous women and the most...
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Author: Hugh Brewster
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Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic by Brewster, Hugh

Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic

$45.18

Unsinkable Lucile: How a Farm Girl Became the Queen of Fashion and Survived the Titanic

$45.18
Author: Hugh Brewster
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Before Chanel there was Lucile.

She was one of the world's most glamorous women and the most famous fashionista of the Edwardian age. Yet, couturiere Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon was born as just plain Lucy Sutherland and grew up in a stone farmhouse in Ontario, Canada. How she went from a backwoods farm to presiding over an international fashion empire is a remarkable story of unshakeable determination and female achievement at a time when it was thought that a woman's place was in the home.

Unsinkable Lucile is a lavishly illustrated story of Lucile's lively childhood, her rise to the top of the fashion world and her survival of the Titanic disaster and its aftermath, during which she was unjustly vilified. Time and time again, she proved that nothing could sink her spirits or stop her drive to innovate and create.

Among Lucile's many innovations were the first fashion shows, the first fashion models and the Edwardian craze for oversized hats. She also helped free women from the corset and coined the word "chic." Lucile was also a fashion adviser to millions and the creator of clothes seen in over 115 movies.

Replete with historical photos and beautiful paintings by award-winning illustrator Laurie McGaw, Unsinkable Lucile is a humorous, touching and empowering tale of a woman who beat the odds, never backed down and changed the world of fashion forever.



Author: Hugh Brewster
Publisher: Firefly Books
Published: 09/01/2022
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780228103820
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/29/2022
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2022

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