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Article: Move over Coleen, this was the first Wag
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 16, 2009
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Emily Tinne married into a family of Liverpool merchants with
money to burn - and she was soon shopping for England. Amol Rajan
reports
She had a bias-cut, silk evening dress with diamante clasps on
the belt and pink, satin-backed crepe shoulder drapes. There was a
classic 1910 bathing suit, jewellery from the distinguished Boodle &
Dunthorne and a fine Edwardian chemise. Considered separately, these
items might simply reflect the eccentricities of some long-dead
fashionista. But, together with more than 1,000 other garments,
hats, shoes and collectibles which have also just been put on public
display, they constitute the largest single collection of one
woman's clothes owned by any museum ...