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“If a woman smiles, her dress must also smile”—or so insisted French designer Madeleine Vionnet, the trailblazing couturier who revolutionized 20th-century women’s clothing with bias-cut gowns and intricately draped frocks. Born to a modest family in a town just outside Paris, Vionnet began her career as an 11-year-old seamstress and continued her education as a linen maid in a psychiatric hospital. After working her way through several design houses, she finally opened her own in Paris in 1... Vionett Dress, Madeline Vionnet, Layers Clothes, Madame Vionnet, Style Année 20, Callot Soeurs, 20th Century Women, Madeleine Vionnet, Lady Mary

“If a woman smiles, her dress must also smile”—or so insisted French designer Madeleine Vionnet, the trailblazing couturier who revolutionized 20th-century women’s clothing with bias-cut gowns and intricately draped frocks. Born to a modest family in a town just outside Paris, Vionnet began her career as an 11-year-old seamstress and continued her education as a linen maid in a psychiatric hospital. After working her way through several design houses, she finally opened her own in Paris in…

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Film star Adrienne Ames wears a classically draped back Madame Vionnet, Adrienne Ames, Kathryn Grayson, Vera Ellen, Madame Gres, Madeleine Vionnet, Donna Reed, Diana Dors, Decades Of Fashion

Adrienne Ames, 1930s, originally uploaded by Gatochy. Click image for 766 x 1117 size. "Low-backed, white evening dresses were used to show off a deep tan. Film star Adrienne Ames wears a classically draped back, which could possibly have been designed by Madeleine Vionnet or Alix Barton (later known as Madame Grès). Almost sci-fi style wide sleeves made the column dresses worn for evening look slimmer and longer." Scanned from the book "Decades of Fashion".

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