Ada Nettleship

Ada Nettleship (born Adaline Cort Hinton; 1856 – 19 December 1932) was a British dressmaker and costume designer known for working at the forefront of the Aesthetic dress style and the rational dress movement.

Personal life Adaline Cort Hinton was born in either Whitechapel, London or Middlesex, the daughter of surgeon James Hinton and Margaret (Haddon) Hinton. Her siblings included the mathematician Charles Howard Hinton and they grew up in Brighton. Their oldest daughter, Ida, became an artist and the first wife of British painter Augustus John.

Nettleship collaborated with Carr to make a dress for a production of Henry VIII,