Inspired by the Gilded Age of Newport, Florence is the epitome of luxury. We design looks that are timeless and refined to elevate your wardrobe with sophisticated extravagance. Each garment is thoughtfully devised with careful attention to detail, inspired directly by the intricate architecture of the Newport mansions. When you wear Florence. you wear the elegance and opulence that is the Gilded Age.
During the Gilded Age of Newport, Rhode Island, wealthy individuals retreated to their extravagant summer “cottages” to live their life of luxury. The intricate architectural features of these mansions serve as works of art, left for us to admire.
In 1892, the Ochre Court mansion, designed by renowned architect Richard Morris Hunt, was completed. Ogden Goelet commissioned the $4.5 million dollar mansion, spending the summers there with his wife Mary Rita Wilson Goelet and their children, Robert and Mary, the Duchess of Roxburghe. Ochre Court remained in the Goelet family until 1947 when Robert Wilson Goelet sold the mansion to the Sisters of Mercy.
In 1882, heiress Catharine Lorillard Wolfe commissioned the architectural firm Peabody & Stearns to build the Vinland Estate. The Romanesque Revival mansion was sold to Hamilton McKown Twombly, who was a prominent businessman, in 1896. His wife Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly was an American socialite and the daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt. Hamilton and Florence had four children, Alice, Florence, Ruth, and Hamilton Jr. The estate was passed down in the Twombly family until it was sold to Salve Regina University in 1955.
