It doesn’t take much to get me daydreaming about Paris – any mention of croissants, arrondissements, and the metro gets me buzzing. Not sure when my next trip will be, but I wish I was there RIGHT NOW to check out the new exhibit at Les Arts Décoratifs, Madeleine Vionnet, puriste de la mode. A plane ticket to Paris might be worth seeing over 130 of the pioneering couturier’s remarkable works that transformed fashion in the early 20th century (hello bias cut!). I might not be able to make it, so to all you lucky travelers, let me know how fabulous all the dresses are in real life!
{Winter collection, 1938}
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Je voulais aller Paris! I love this dress, it reminds me of Audrey Hepburn’s Sabrina dress, with “yards and yards of fabric…”
what a STUNNING dress! *sigh* would love to see that exhibit…
SO gorgeous! Photos like these always make me think of Nancy Mitford… her novels totally personify this era for me (and are SO good also!).
Dear Ruby,
I had the chance to visit the exhibition few weeks ago, and it is absolutely en-chan-ting. Madame Vionnet was a real genius, and nowadays no one cuts like she did.
The exhibition is excellent, one of the best from the Musee des Arts Decos since Schiaparelli maybe (5 years ago I recall)…
It might be worth taking the first plane to Paris to see it by yourself…
Paris is so deserted in the Summer, it belongs to the dreamers…
Salut Fanny!
Ca me fait grand plaisir que vous avez eu la chance de visiter l’exposition et aussi que vous lisez ce blog!
Bisous de Californie,
Minh-Khue