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Film star Adrienne Ames wears a classically draped back Madame Vionnet, 1930s Clothing, 1930's Dress, Adrienne Ames, Kathryn Grayson, Vera Ellen, Madeleine Vionnet, Madame Gres, Carolyn Jones

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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Vionnet's goddess gown, 1935; recalling the Greek look Madeline Vionnet, Vionnet Dress, Roman Antique, Retro Vogue, 1930s Hair, Madeleine Vionnet, Madame Gres, Paul Poiret, Isadora Duncan

Madeleine Vionnet (1876 – 1975) was a French fashion designer that is influential in the 20th century and inspired me as much as Madame Gres. photograph by Irving Penn for Vionnet, 1974 she was known for introducing bias-cutting into pattern making. it is indeed a revolutionary way of draping fabric, clinging on the body beautifully - simple but never plain. Vionnet's goddess gown, 1935; recalling the Greek look in the early 20th century, she freed women from corsets and bustles that…

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Photos: The Favorite Fashion Designer of Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary, Madeleine Vionnet | Vanity Fair  Photo: Man Ray 1937 Madeleine Vionnet, Charles James, Lady Mary, 30s Fashion, Bias Cut Dress, 1930s Fashion, Man Ray, Vintage Couture, Vintage Vogue

“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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