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Gordon Conway was born in Clairborne, Texas, USA in 1894. She was educated in America and Italy. She was holidaying in Switzerland when World War I began and had to rush back to the United States.

Around 1915, she began working for Vogue, Vanity Fair and Harpers Bazaar. Her soft colourist style was strongly influenced by Barbier, Erte and Lepape. During her career she drew around 5,000 finished drawings which appeared in some 26 magazines. She designed costumes and sets for 119 stage productions and 47 films.

In 1920, Gordon married Blake Ozias. They moved to London and Paris where she worked for many French and British publications. After her divorce in 1927, she and her mother Tommie Conway lived in London.

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