Kate Reily
Kate Reily was a noted British dressmaker, active in the late 19th- and early 20th-century. She had a shop at 11-12 Dover Street, London. A New York branch of the enterprise was located at 277 Fifth Avenue, and a Chicago store was at 1305 Michigan Avenue.
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Reily designed dresses worn by bridesmaids at the elaborate 1889 wedding of Lord William Nevill and Miss Luisa Maria Carmen de Murrieta, at Brompton Oratory in London. Early in her career, the French designer Madeleine Vionnet (1876–1975) worked as a fitter with Reily.
Kate Reily is a fashion designer.
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- 1.Pascoe, Charles Eyre. London of To-day: An Illustrated Handbook for the Season 1892. Roberts brothers. 386. 1892.
- 2.A Great London Wedding. The New York Times. April 7, 1889.
- 3.Fine Costumes at Low Prices. The New York Times. November 1, 1894.
- 4.Staten Island Historical Society. Dress, ca. 1900. Online Collections Database.
- 5.Golbin, Pamela. Madeleine Vionnet. Rizzoli. 2009.
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