Ottoline inspired:having a dress up moment

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Margaret Lucas Cavendish,

Duchess of Newcastle

17th century philosopher, writer, feminist, fashionista

Ottoline Morrell's ancestor

Lady Ottoline, Cecil Beaton
1928

The Duchess of Alba
'Lady with a Fan"

by Velazquez, around 1640

Portrait of a Lady with a fan

by Goya, 1807

by Reem Acra, 
2010 Fall Collection

Reem Acra photograph from style.com

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