Evening dress
Designer
Vionnet
(1876 - 1975)
c.1938
Silver lamé
Gift of Mr. Rodman A. Heeren
Object number70.57.87
The fashion cognoscenti consider Madeleine Vionnet to have been the greatest couturiere of her day. Called the “Euclid of Fashion” and the “Geometer of Couture,” Vionnet standardized draping by exploiting the possibilities of the bias and designs with mathematical precision. Her techniques were revolutionary, but so, too, was her aesthetic choice to reject darts, waistbands, inner linings, and corsetry. Vionnet produced effortlessly beautiful dresses, such as this lamé gown, that were deceptively simple in shape, cut, and manipulation.
DescriptionBias-cut evening dress in silver lamé with halter neckline and X-shaped waist darts; coutureCollections
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