Madeleine Vionnet Couture

Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. "Three Women: Vionnet, McCardell, Kawakubo," February 24, 1987–April 18, 1987.The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Cubism and Fashion," December 11, 1998–March 21, 1999

The John Wanamaker Auditorium. "Exhibition of Dresses Worn by Well-known Women of Europe and America," May 1, 1940–May 31, 1940.John Wanamaker. "Exhibition of Dresses Worn by Well-known Women of Europe and America," June 5, 1940–July 5, 1940

Discover the individuals that have shaped the Firm’s creative director aesthetics and work, like French couturier Madeleine Vionnet in the early XX century.

The genius of Madeleine Vionnet is only truly comprehended through an understanding of the remarkable pattern pieces that comprise her designs. Her gowns, while sometimes explicitly classical in derivation, are more often an assimilation of general concepts gleaned from the study of antique styles

Madeleine Vionnet Fashion Illustration - 1930s long gown evening dress designer illustration print ad column sheath long scarf

Evening dress, bias cut, silk crepe/ glass, designed by Madeleine Vionnet, Paris, France, c.1930

Image file to download and vintage original printpublished in 1938 Madeleine Vionnet Evening Gown, Eric (Carl Erickson) — , Dressmakers — Clipping

"What I did is not fashion — it was designed to last forever." As if anyone needs a reason to fly to Paris, the Madeleine Vionnet, puriste de la mode exhibit is open at the musée des Arts décoratifs in...