The Couturier Should Be A Geometrician, For The Human Body Makes Geometrical Figures To Which The Material Should Correspond.

MADELEINE VIONNET

As presented by Shawn Zarazua

Formative Years

• 1876 Birth and Family

• Early Years in Paris

• Apprenticeship and Move to Aubervillier

Marriage/Divorce and London

• Paris at 17

• A marriage at 18

• Escape to London

• Opportunity at Kate Reilly

Return to Paris and the World Exposition of 1900

• Inspiration at the 1900 World Exposition

• Employment at the House of Callot Soeurs

• The Kimono Sleeve

• An Important Lesson

Pre WWI

• A Move to The House of Doucet

• An innovation in the Female Silhouette

• 1912 Vionnet Open’s Her Own Salon

• WWI an Important Time for Innovation

Post WWI and Breaking Onto the World Scene

• 50 Ave. Montaigne

Vionnet & Cie

• The American Market and Sensationalism

• Award of Honor

WWII and the Final Collection ofVionnet & Cie

• The Great Depression

• WWII

• Final Collection by Madeleine Vionnet

Reappearing Styles in Fashion

• Halter Neck and Cowl Neck

• Jackets and Skirts with Contrasting Colors

• Print Dress Ensembles worn with Jackets Lined with the same Print

• Revolutionary Bias Cut!