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Description: | Two piece 'New Look' style suit in navy wool facecloth; single breasted fitted jacket, fastening with 3 circular blue buttons; wide turn-down collar, with machine stitiched decoration; patch pockets with button trim; inner side label 'Hattie Carnegie Inc'. Matching unlined very full circular skirt.
Unsold as lot 191 in Christies 'Fashion Through the Ages', 3.12.09 sale.
Belonged to Anne Moen Bullitt (1924-2007). Born in Paris but brought up in the States, she married 4 times. At first she bought clothes in New York, mostly from Hattie Carnegie, but her second husband, Nicholas Duke Biddle, who she married in 1947, was vice consul in the American Embassy in Madrid, giving Anne access to Balenciaga couture clothes with the Spanish name 'Eisa' operating in tandem with the Paris house. She later moved to Ireland and bought clothes by Sybil Connelly, Lanvin, YSL and others. Anne Bullitt was tiny, with an 18-20 inch waist, making her clothes virtually unwearable for anyone else.
Hattie Carnegie (1889-1956) was a celebrated New York couturier with a boutique on 42 East 49th St from 1923.
Material: wool
Two piece 'New Look' style suit in navy wool facecloth. | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.68671 | Go to resource |
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