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Before Coco Chanel, the fashion world looked to Lady Lucile Duff Gordon for inspiration. The turn of the century designer was known for her wide-brimmed hats and couture dresses, and her ill-fated voyage on the Titanic. Now the fashionista is the focus of a new exhibit taking over the Guelph Civic Museum.

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Lucy Christiana, also known as Lady Duff-Gordon or Lucille was one of the most famous, best known First Class passengers of the Titanic. She and her husband, Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, survived the sinking. Lucy Christiana Sutherland, was born on June 13th, 1863 as the daughter of Douglas Sutherland, a Toronto engineer. Her sister was Elinor Glyn, the writer. She would later write that she had been christened "Lucy Christiana" but that "all my intimate friends have known me as Christiana."…

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