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less. The Duchess might have been photographed seated on one or possibly next to one, though I cannot quite
remember.
Margaret told me about the acrimony that existed between
Syrie and her former husband, Somerset Maugham, who
maligned Syrie throughout his life after their divorce. Yet
she persevered. She created a business at a time when
women were just beginning to emerge as an autonomous economic force. She captivated the tastemakers
of her era���the Hon. Stephen Tennant, Cecil Beaton and
others--and herself became one. She championed the
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