Evening GownJeanne Lanvin1945 A rare Jeanne Lanvin evening gown with side panniers of ivory crepe, w
Evening GownJeanne Lanvin1945 A rare Jeanne Lanvin evening gown with side panniers of ivory crepe, with full sleeves, the hips echoing the fullness with stiffened infanta-style hips, horizontal pink wool bands overlaid with small gold sequins. This gown was made in miniature for Le Théatre de la Mode and exhibited at the Museum of Decorative Arts from March 25th to May 1945 and another brief exhibition in London. It is interesting that for this exhibition that Lanvin chose to return to a version of the robe de style - a gown with accentuated sid panniers - something that she initially created a sensation with in the early 1920s. Illustration by Rene Gruau: http://hprints.com/Jeanne_Lanvin_1945_Evening_Gown_Rene_Gruau-21418.html -- source link
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