The Bias Cut
The curvaceous silhouettes popularised between the 1920s and 1930s came from a technical intuition: how the cut 'on the grain' of soft fabric celebrated the natural curves of the feminine body.
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Cream satin bias cut wedding dress with train and smocking stitch embroidery. Accessories: White tulle veil. Worn by Alexandra Meimari to marry Yorgos Fragiadakis at Agios Sostis church in Athens on December 24, 1935.
Sleeveless, black muslin and lace bias cut dress.
Viscose and nylon jersey bias-cut evening dress, designed by Ben de Lisi, Great Britain, 1996.
Ivory satin bias cut wedding dress with train. Made up by Mady Donnet & Co., Athens. Worn by Aspasia Makarona to marry Antonios Koressis at the Amalieion Orphanage church in Athens on February 22, 1936. Associated items: Copies of wedding photographs…
Evening dress of silk velvet with silk georgette streamers, designed by Madeleine Vionnet, Paris, ca. 1934.
Modell i v-ringad sidenklänning med diagonal skärning och pumps. Av Madame Vionnet.
6 Octobre 1928 - No La Duchesse Sangro, á la soirée da la Princesse San Faustino, portait cette robe en mousseline de soie ciel trés clair, de Madeleine Vionnet. Ses splendides solitaires haisaires faisaient lnadmiration de tous. Vacker i sammet eller taf…
Modell i aftonklänning av Madame Vionnet.
yellow Leavers machine-made lace (allover pattern of 'shadow' leaves and glossy berries in threes, each with 4 bars of net); yellow rayon crepe, /1. DRESS: of lace; bodice: curved front neck, above 2 crescents, one top-stitched to the other; waist…
Mannekäng klädd i grön spetsklänning i olika grovlekar, lutar sig mot bord. NK:s Franska damskrädderi, från Madeleine Vionnet.
Modell i draperad klänning i olika nyanser och kapuschong med repsnörning. Av Madame Vionnet.
Modell i chartreusefärgad satinklänning med rosetter baktill. Från Madame Vionnet.
Aftonklänning av rödlila yllejersey med jacka i gråblått, rikt broderad i färger med metall-lan. Madeleine Vionnet, Paris 1938. Nordiska museet inv nr 236461.
Modell i balklänning med släp i vitt blankt siden av Madame Vionnet.
Long dress in satin and silk georgette blacks, fitted at the waist, with pointed neckline and small lapels, short balloon sleeves in georgette edged with satin with rigid grosgrain inside shoulder strap. Waist emphasized by three pleats sewn, from the hig…
Madame Handley-Seymour. Black evening sheath dress with full-skirted sheer organza overdress with appliqué bows, possibly after Vionnet, Paris. London, Spring 1936. One of 4863 fashion designs bound in one of 48 volumes. Pencil, pen and ink, and watercol…