Evening dress

Design House House of Vionnet French
 Designer Madeleine Vionnet French

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Vionnet stated, "I have never insisted on ornaments: I use them on the sole condition that they complement the construction of the dress, drawing out the entire effect as if to exalt it." In her disciplined modernism, Vionnet found abundant expressive value in the joinings and suturings of the constructive pieces and little else. Thus, the integrity and the entirety of the design reside in the hinging of the plane to the necessary, but understated, three-dimensionality of the body.

Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), silk, French

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Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), silk, French
Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), silk, French
Evening dress, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), silk, French

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