Detail Of Collections 1930s

Dress, Madeleine Vionnet: ca. 1933, bias-cut silk chiffon with long sash twisted and wrapped around dress. "Using soft chiffon cut on the bias, the lines of the body are enlivened. Moreover, as the cloth at the chest is twisted, the garment gives of a full three-dimensional feeling. This dress' decorative techniques are characteristic of Madeleine Vionnet at that time. Vionnet's creativity and haute couture handwork is splendidly united in this garment..." #white