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- Wedding Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1921 - Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, was known for her meticulous attention to fashion detail. Family notebooks include costume sketches in her hand, and relatives remember Elizabeth designing and sewing many of her own fashions. It is likely that she made this dress for her 1921 wedding to Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., son of the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
- June 25, 1921
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Wedding Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1921
Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, was known for her meticulous attention to fashion detail. Family notebooks include costume sketches in her hand, and relatives remember Elizabeth designing and sewing many of her own fashions. It is likely that she made this dress for her 1921 wedding to Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., son of the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
- Pajamas, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone -
- 1920-1990
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Pajamas, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone
- Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1926 -
- 1926
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Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1926
- Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1927 -
- 1927
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Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1927
- Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1949 - Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone purchased a number of dresses from Saks Fifth Avenue's Salon Moderne, an exclusive boutique headed by designer Sophie Gimbel. Gimbel created stylish made-to-measure gowns for fashion-conscious American women of means.
- 1949
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Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1949
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone purchased a number of dresses from Saks Fifth Avenue's Salon Moderne, an exclusive boutique headed by designer Sophie Gimbel. Gimbel created stylish made-to-measure gowns for fashion-conscious American women of means.
- Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1947 - Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion. Her fashion choices not only reflected her interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers, but also highlighted her family's social standing. Firestone wore this dress -- by American designer Carrie Munn -- to her daughter Martha and William Clay Ford's wedding rehearsal dinner.
- 1947
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Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1947
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion. Her fashion choices not only reflected her interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers, but also highlighted her family's social standing. Firestone wore this dress -- by American designer Carrie Munn -- to her daughter Martha and William Clay Ford's wedding rehearsal dinner.
- Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1921 -
- 1921
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Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1921
- Suit, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1951 - Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone, who favored blue, frequented several well-known Paris design houses. This navy suit was designed by Cristobal Balenciaga.
- 1951
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Suit, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1951
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone, who favored blue, frequented several well-known Paris design houses. This navy suit was designed by Cristobal Balenciaga.
- Skirt, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1950 -
- 1950
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Skirt, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1950
- Harvey Firestone, Jr. and Elizabeth Parke Firestone with Their Daughters, Riding Horses, circa 1935 -
- circa 1935
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Harvey Firestone, Jr. and Elizabeth Parke Firestone with Their Daughters, Riding Horses, circa 1935