Ann Margaret Lanchester (
fl. 1802 – fl. 1810), was a British fashion merchant and fashion designer. She was a leading figure within the British fashion industry and referred to as 'The
Bonaparte of her day' in the contemporary ''The Complete Book of Trades''.
[Nicola Jane Phillips, ]
Women in Business, 1700-1850
' She made regular trips to Paris to study fashion, published the exclusive fashion magazine ''Le Miroir de la Mode'' for the British nobility, where she illustrated the contemporary fashion through her own dress models, which she sold in her shop in
New Bond Street
Bond Street in the West End of London links Piccadilly in the south to Oxford Street in the north. Since the 18th century the street has housed many prestigious and upmarket fashion retailers. The southern section is Old Bond Street and the l ...
in London (in 1806 moved to St James's Street).
See also
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Mary Ann Bell
Mary Ann Bell ( fl. 1806 – fl. 1831), was a British fashion merchant, fashion designer and fashion journalist. She was a leading figure in the British fashion industry of her day, particularly during the Napoleonic era, when Great Britain was i ...
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19th-century English businesspeople
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