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FASHION DESIGNER

Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

1863 - 1935

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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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon has received more than 770,559 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon is the 37th most popular fashion designer (down from 31st in 2019), the 2,147th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,320th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Fashion Designer.

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  • 770k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon ranks 37 out of 38Before her are Madeleine Vionnet, Emanuel Ungaro, Marc Jacobs, Christian Louboutin, Jean Patou, and Guy Laroche. After her are Diane von Fürstenberg, Alber Elbaz, Anna Sui, Tina Knowles, Irene Sharaff, and Alexander Wang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon ranks 81Before her are Richard Mollier, Eero Järnefelt, Władysław Horodecki, Louis Couperus, Hans Aanrud, and Francisco León de la Barra. After her are Géza Gárdonyi, Klara Zamenhof, Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Richard F. Outcault, Yevhen Petrushevych, and Aliagha Shikhlinski. Among people deceased in 1935, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon ranks 75Before her are Richard Mollier, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Otto Schott, Dutch Schultz, Zequinha de Abreu, and Eemil Nestor Setälä. After her are Nie Er, Qu Qiubai, Huey Long, Jules Cambon, Erich von Hornbostel, and Oda Krohg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon ranks 2,147 out of 7,765Before her are Herbert Chapman (1878), Guy Burgess (1911), Robert Brown (1921), Alan Price (1942), Paul Greengrass (1955), and John Baskerville (1706). After her are Allan Holdsworth (1946), Millicent Fawcett (1847), Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1517), Pieter de Molijn (1595), Liam Gallagher (1972), and Colin Renfrew (1937).

Among FASHION DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among fashion designers born in United Kingdom, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon ranks 4Before her are Vivienne Westwood (1941), Charles Frederick Worth (1825), and Mary Quant (1930). After her are Sarah Burton (1974).