"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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samedi, mars 15, 2008
Dress by Madeleine Vionnet, 1914
vendredi, mars 14, 2008
King George V at Ascot, 1907
Scanned from the book "Decades of Fashion".
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jeudi, mars 13, 2008
The Duncan Dancers, 1900-1914
"The Duncan dancers pose in classical costume, an influential fashion trend of the time. Isadora Duncan had caused controversy with her free-moving dance techniques that contrasted with the disciplined movement of classical ballet. She danced barefoot to the music of Brahms and Wagner and later founded her own dance school in Moscow."
Scanned from the book "Decades of Fashion".
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