1876-1975 Madeleine Vionnet

[thomas28]

I wanna know who is the designer too

Madeleine Vionnet

very famous dress

 

[Spike413]

Some photos and info on Madeleine Vionnet

Vionnet and the bias cut

History of Vionnet

 

[helena]

Madeleine Vionnet

I did a search but we don't have a thread dedicated to her....

here is a link to the Vionnet site...which seems to being geared up .....

http://www.vionnet.com/home.htm

 

[helena]

a picture of the lady herself by Cecil Beaton coutesy of the National Portrait Gallery

 

[helena]

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1] Madeleine Vionnet is something of a mystery. She greatly influenced the course of fashion during the 20s and 30s, but, in contrast to so many fashion creators, she chose an intensely private lifestyle, avoiding public displays and mundane frivolities. A native of the Jura mountains, she never fit the fashion stereotype of the social butterfly.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1] Madeleine Vionnet’s ideas led to a more natural trend in women’s fashion: freeing women from the constraints of the corset, her models followed the body’s forms, rather like Greek sculpture. Her work has been compared to that of the cubists in art, who freed painting from the confines of the traditional style of representation. She added a third dimension to clothes, giving them a flowing and supple structure, which not only expressed the body’s shape, but giving them an emotional dimension as well. To quote Madeleine Vionnet, When a woman smiles, her dress should also smile.[/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1] A brand new Madeleine Vionnet boutique has just opened near Opera in the first arrondissement. The elegant and refined interior has been designed in ebony and ivory, in the Art Deco style typical of the Vionnet period. It’s a must-see, for its limited-edition hand-painted silk mousseline scarves, its crocodile purses with buckles shaped like deer, and its unusual and high-quality fashion accessories.[/SIZE][/FONT]

 

[helena]

^^^from vogue.co.uk

 

[helena]

please post pictures of her work...its amazing. I saw this fabulous Vionnet dress at the Yohji exhibition in Paris this year - as contemporary looking now as when it was made in 1912.

 

[Meg]

ah, I thought we already had a thread on her? Either way, I love her and her work. For some reason though I always confuse Madeleine Vionnet with Madame Gres. I know there is a Gres boutique on rue st. honore....is there also a vionnet? Thanks for this thread H

 

[Lena]

here an older and quite interesting thread
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/f60/vionnet-label-relaunched-starting-publi-11099.html

 

[DosViolines]

[FONT=geneva,arial,sans-serif]Evening Dress, 1938
Madeleine Vionnet (French, 1876–1975)
Silver lamé and ivory silk net
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn, 1946 (CI 46.4.24a,b)

metmuseum.org
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[DosViolines]

[FONT=geneva,arial,sans-serif]Evening gown, 1939
Madeleine Vionnet (French, 1876–1975)
Pale pink lamé and black silk lace appliquéd with black silk velvet
Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, 1952 (C.I.52.24.2a,b)

metmuseum.org
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[DosViolines]

[FONT=geneva,arial,sans-serif]Evening dress, spring/summer 1938
Madeleine Vionnet (French, 1876–1975)
Rayon
Gift of Madeleine Vionnet, 1952 (C.I.52.18.4)

metmuseum.org
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[DosViolines]

Evening dress, 1938
Madeleine Vionnet (French, 1876–1975)
Black silk satin and black silk net embroidered with black sequins
Gift of Mrs. Harrison Williams, Lady Mendl, and Mrs. Ector Munn, 1946 (C.I.46.4.4a–c)

[FONT=geneva,arial,sans-serif]In Jungian psychology, the appearance of black birds in dreams is considered a bad omen and allied to fear of misfortune. For the Romantics, they hovered over battlefields to feast on the bodies of the slain. As a chilling prelude to war, the birds on this dress swarm around the body of the wearer like ominous raptors. At the same time, they serve as criticism of the vanity and ostentation of le beau monde. Like the bird who cries cras, cras (tomorrow, tomorrow), the black bird symbolizes those who are caught up in worldly pleasures.

metmuseum.org
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[DosViolines]

Madeleine Vionnet
“Henriette” Evening Dress

c. 1923

28 pieces of gold and silver fabrics pieced into two panels in checkerboard pattern.

Gift of Mr. Martin Kamer

kci.or.jp

 

[DosViolines]

Madeleine Vionnet
Dress

c. 1925

Green silk crepe; straight silhouette; boat neck; all-over wavy pattern in pin-tucks.

kci.or.jp

 

[DosViolines]

Madeleine Vionnet
Evening Dress

1932

Black silk satin; three pieces used for bodice and five, in two different sizes, for skirt; bias cut.

kci.or.jp

 

[DosViolines]

Madeleine Vionnet
Dress

c. 1933

White silk chiffon with red and yellow shaded print; bias cut; long sash twisted and crossed at bodice front, then extended and sewn on neckline as collar.

kci.or.jp

 

[DosViolines]

Madeleine Vionnet
Evening Dress

c. 1933

Black rayon jersey; vermilion silk crepe bow; bias cut.

Gift of Mrs. Mona M. Rutz

kci.or.jp

 

[DosViolines]

Evening dress
by Madeleine Vionnet
France
1930
Silk velvet with pink and purple chiffon streamers

vam.ac.uk

 

[DosViolines]

Some random images...

ohdolly.com