Ball Gown Honiton Lace – 1890 Paris Label Madame Levilion. Belonging to Mary Elizabeth Depree (maiden name Haig April 1st 1843- June 4th 1918), wife of Colonel George Charles Depree, Surveyor General of India towards the end of the last century, sister of Lord Douglas Haig. This particular dress is believed to have been sent out to India for a Viceregal Ball at the ‘Peterhof’ in Simla.
Helen Larson Collection
Many in the historic fashion world are familiar with Helen Larson and the massive collections she has put together both as a fashion historian and as business woman through her creation of Western Costume in Los Angeles.
This gown is from the collection of Helen Larson and Doris Langley Moore. Ms. Moore was responsible for the establishment of the Museum of Costumes in Bath England which opened in 1963. She was a serious collector and fashion historian. She began her collection in the early 1920’s. Helen Larson was a passionate collector of both fashion and history. She, with the assistance of her close friend Doris Langley Moore-founder of The Costume Museum, Bath, England-assembled a massive collection over a 50 year career beginning in the 1940s.
Edwardian Lady Gwendolyn Lilliette Garland 