Gibson reportedly heard the ship crash into an iceberg. She was 22-years-old when she booked a passage on the Titanic. In the wake of the tragedy, Sir Duff-Gordon received criticism for not adhering to the ship's "women and children first" evacuation policy.Ī few years later in 1915, Lady Duff-Gordon escaped death again after canceling her voyage on the doomed Lusitania.Īfter getting her start as a young girl in vaudeville, Gibson went on to become a model and launch a career as a silent film star. I recall being pushed towards one of the boats and being helped in." A few men who crowded in were turned back at the point of Captain Smith's revolver, and several of them were felled before order was restored. When disaster struck, they both escaped on the first lifeboat that embarked off the ship.Īccording to Vogue, Lady Duff-Gordon described the scene on the Titanic, saying, "Everyone seemed to be rushing for that boat. The Duff-Gordons booked a trip on the Titanic in order to travel to New York City on business. Lady Duff-Gordon was a top British fashion designer, whose innovations included the precursor to the modern day fashion show.
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon and his wife Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon were two of the most prominent passengers on board the Titanic.ĭuff-Gordon was a major landowner and society figure in the UK, known for his fencing skills. Woodlawn Cemetary in the Bronx memorialized Isidor and Ida Straus with a cenotaph bearing a line from the Song of Solomon: "Many waters cannot quench love -neither can the floods drown it." Isidor's body was recovered from the ocean, but Ida was never found. The couple was last seen together on the deck of the Titanic. She also gave her a mink coat, quipping that she wouldn't need the garment anymore. Ida then ordered her maid to board a lifeboat.
When her husband urged her to evacuate the ship, she reportedly responded, "We have lived together for many years. He declined, saying he wouldn't board a raft until every woman and child had gotten off the ship. Isidor and his brother later acquired Macy's, and he eventually became a powerful businessman and a member of the US House of Representatives.Īccording to Today, Straus was offered a spot on a lifeboat while the ship was sinking. The couple first met after the Civil War when a penniless Isidor Straus moved to New York City, according to Premier Exhibitions.
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