Most first year law students still study the case of Wood v. Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon in which they read Cardozo’s sarcastic reference how she “styles herself a ‘creator of fashions.'” In fact, Cardozo notwithstanding, Lucy was a highly influential and innovative fashion designer. Wikipedia has a nice biography of Lucy here. 
Professor Allen Kamp of the John Marshall Law School has located this photograph of a coat, c1923, silk brocade and velvet, designed by the House of Lucille, Lady Duff Gordon’s fashion company. In addition to being famous in her day as a designer, Lucy and her husband Cosmo Duff-Gordon were survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, and she makes a brief appearance as a character in the James Cameron film. Here is an interesting composite photo combining Lucy and Rosalind Ayres, portraying her in the film.
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