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Court presentation gown, 1938 (back oblique view). Silk chiffon, rhinestone, glass beads by Madeleine Vionnet. Court presentation dress worn by Mrs. Potter Palmer II, nee Pauline Kohlsaat. (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)

Court presentation gown, 1938 (back oblique view). Silk chiffon, rhinestone, glass beads by Madeleine Vionnet. Court presentation dress worn by Mrs. Potter Palmer II, nee Pauline Kohlsaat. (Photo by Chicago History Museum/Getty Images)