Colonel McCormick was an exceptionally well-dressed man.  He purchased all of his clothing from shops on Savrile Row in London, England.  All of his clothing was custom-made to fit his 6’4” frame with his 52” chest and 36” long arms.

In the reproduction photographs of McCormick that grace the walls of the dressing room, one can see that he had many different outfits: business suits, polo attire, fox-hunting “pinks” and country squire suites that he wore when he walked around Cantigny.  At night, McCormick wore red silk pajamas to bed. On hot summer days, he wore elegantly tailored khaki shorts to work.  With so many outfits to change into, it is no wonder that McCormick needed a valet, who pressed his clothes, polished his boots and helped him get dressed.

The red riding habit on the wooden valet belongs to family member Brooks McCormick.  McCormick wore this type of outfit, called “pinks” when he went foxhunting.

As far as jewelry is concerned, McCormick always wore two Cartier wristwatches.  One watch was always set to Chicago’s Central Standard Time, and the other watch was set to whatever time zone in which he was traveling.

Upon his death, McCormick gave his heirloom cufflinks, which his father Robert Sanderson McCormick purchased in Paris on September 4, 1870, to Brooks McCormick.  McCormick left the rest of his jewelry and his clothing to his wife Maryland.