She was an outsider and initially unfamiliar with the high society that she would one day serve .
She assisted her mother , Alice Strudwick , in dressmaking and thus first learnt her skills at her side , also acquiring her mother 's knowledge of materials .
She was an outsider and initially unfamiliar with the high society that mother would one day serve .
She assisted her mother , Alice Strudwick , in dressmaking and thus first learnt her skills at her side , also acquiring her mother 's knowledge of materials .