Ellen Louise Demorest

Ellen Louise Demorest
Portrait of Demorest
Born
Ellen Louise Curtis

(1824-11-15)November 15, 1824
Schuylerville, New York
DiedAugust 10, 1898(1898-08-10) (aged 73)
Other namesNell
Occupations
Known for
  • Mass produced tissue paper dressmaking patterns
  • Demorest’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine
  • Mme. Demorest’s Mirror of Fashions
  • Founding member of Sorosis
Spouse
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(m. 1858; died 1895)​
Children2

Ellen Louise Demorest (née Curtis, November 15, 1824 – August 10, 1898) was an American businesswoman, fashion arbiter, and milliner, widely credited for inventing mass-produced tissue-paper dressmaking patterns. In 1860, with her husband, William Jennings Demorest, she established a company to sell the patterns, which were adaptations of the latest French fashions, and a magazine to promote them. Her dressmaking patterns made French styles accessible to ordinary women, thus greatly influencing US fashion.

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