Dress by Madeleine Vionnet, 1914

Dress by Madeleine Vionnet, 1914, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

"The classical costume is translated into a fashionable Grecian-style dress of 1914. Designers Kacques Doucet, Paul Poiret and mariano Fortuny all borrowed from the classical style, but this dress was probably a creation by designer Madeleine Vionnet who opened her house in Paris in 1912. She was famous for her bias-cut drapery and the influences of her style can be seen in the later work of Madame Grès and John Galliano."

Scanned from the book "Decades of Fashion".

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