Titanic: 5 stories from survivors

From 'Shadow of the Titanic' by Andrew Wilson, here are the stories of five of the people who made it out of the Titanic disaster.

4. The Fashion Icon

Lady Duff Gordon

As for Lady Duff Gordon, the baronet's wife and fashion icon Lucile, she wore a kimono in the lifeboat. It, or a kimono just like it, went on to become the subject of a bruising legal battle – in the 21st century. Today Lucile's great-great-great granddaughter, Camilla Blois, is working to revive the Lucile brand.

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