Edward R. Ladew was the cofounder of Fayerweather & Ladew with Daniel B. Fayerweather, a leather manufacturer. In 1893 he became vice president of the United States Leather Company. He owned the yacht Orienta and the mansion Elsinore.
Elise Wall Ladew (1890–1978), daughter of Edward R. Ladew
Evander Berry Wall was a New York City socialite and later an American expatriate in France during the Belle Époque and beyond. He was famous for his extravagantly refined look and was crowned "King of the Dudes" in the 1880s.
Wall was known as the "King of the Dudes" at the time of the "Battle of the Dudes"
Berry Wall caricatured in The New York Times (1902), wearing one of his "extraordinary costumes".
Berry Wall (right) in Paris in the 1920s with his chow chow Chi-Chi