Ruby Press » Les Arts Decoratifs http://rubypr.com/blog When we find something we love, we want to tell everyone! Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Madeleine Vionnet http://rubypr.com/blog/2009/06/30/madeleine-vionnet/ http://rubypr.com/blog/2009/06/30/madeleine-vionnet/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:50:02 +0000 Minh-Khue http://rubypr.com/blog/?p=4916 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!

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{Winter collection, 1938}

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