Heather Firbank

Heather Firbank (27 August 1888 – 13 April 1954) was an English socialite, now known for her fine collection of clothes kept at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London.

She had three elder brothers, Joseph Sydney (1884–1904), Arthur Annesley Ronald (1886–1926), the novelist, and Hubert Somerset (1887–1913).

[2] Heather Firbank bought her clothes from highly regarded dressmakers and tailors in London, including Lucile, Mascotte, Redfern, Frederick Bosworth, Russell & Allen, Kate Reily,[3] and the department store Woolland Brothers in Knightsbridge.

The evening gown illustrated at right was designed by Lucile, one of the leading couturiers from the late 1890s to the early 1920s.

The dress was named "El Dorado" and first appeared in Lucile's Spring 1913 collection.

An evening dress worn by Heather Firbank in 1913, designed by Lucy Duff Gordon