Sunday, October 5, 2008

Madeleine Vionnet Biography


Without this creator's dream, Hollywood's glamour would never exist, with its naked shoulders dresses, that embrace the body as it was liquid silk. It´s avant-gardist creations, as the feminine trousers, took a long while to impose themselves, but today, they´re as essential in the fashion world as a pair of trousers is in a wardrobe. Madeleine Vionnet, is the bias-cut master, and no one as ever exceeded her fabulous technique. Even Azzedine Alaïa an artist of the cut himself, took ages until he finaly understand Madeleine Vionnet´s mysteries of the cut, and remains himself the only person to understand the technique she as used to create her ivory gown from 1935.

Since that date, we can observe this dress correctly exposed at the Musée de la Mode et du Textile de Paris, as before that date, it was considered an unfinished project. It is obviously a master-piece, wich perfect shape depends only from one stitch - Mad
eleine Vionnets biggest aim. Probably it was her fascination for geometry that allowed her to develop such refined cuts from basic forms like squares and triangles. In spite of his talent for the mathematics, Vionnet, born in 1876 in the middle of a modest family, she had to leave school very early, at 12 years of age. Learn the cut technique while working for a while in Paris, but, at 16 years of age, she moved to London, where she started her life as a washer-woman.

After a short marriage and the death of her little daughter, Vionnet assumed the direction of Kate Reilly´s atelier in London, only with 20 years old.

In 1900, she returned to Paris, where she took a job in one of the most conceptualized fashion houses, Soueurs Callot. In 1907, Jaques Doucet trusted her the task of rejuvenate the style of his fashion house.
She finally opened her own fashion house in 1912. However, only after the war, it began to grow.

Her necessity to promote herself was never completly understood, and she almost fell into the obvilion after 1939, when her fashion house was shut down.

Compared to Chanel, Vionnet is seen as unknown. That is probably because she builted "Rolls Royces" while the other, with her popular black belts, was the "Ford" of Fashion.

10 comments:

Hélia Pereira said...

bem moda nãoo é bem a minha especialidade....

so vim mesmo dizer ola

ola

^^

Hélia Pereira said...

a questão não é nao gostar de moda

eu nao estou muito por dentro da área, não conheço muito a area

^^

joel faria said...

eu acho que vou aprender muito sobre moda aqui =)

please become my master in fashion :D ihihihih

continua com as aulas menina manteiga pufassora, vou tar atentissimo =)

beijinho mais que bom

*muah

Armazém Tuga said...

Olá! Estou ansioso para que escrevas um novo post!! Beijinhos! :D

Unknown said...

Hi Chick!!! hehehe

Obrigada mesmo pela força! Ah, você precisa me dizer o que foi que eu errei pra poder concertar certo?! pleeeeease! Ah! me diz tmbém quais são os dias que você costuma entrar no MSN, para eu entrar e agente conversaaar mais!!

Super beijoooo!
Ah! tem post novo ainda hoje lá! dps dá uma olhadinha!

Mike said...

You have a cool blog. Lets exchange links. I am already linking to you.

http://victimtofashion.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

Hi Chick!

Então, sem problemas! eu tinha visto que tava como "ausente", relax!
Ah! thanks mesmo! eu queria mesmo saber aonde eu errei ali, teve mesmo algumas coisas que eu fiquei em dúvida!

Ah, consegui contatar algumas pessoas do Institut Français de la Mode pelo Facebook! vc tem? se tiver me add lá, é só buscar meu e-mail: yasmin_plastic@hotmail.com

Beijooooos!

Unknown said...

Cool Blog Manteiga.I've added the link to ur blog under reciprocal links :)

Giulliana said...

Wow, that's a great post! I'm always happy to learn more about history!
Tks for the comment! And, sure, u can link my blog! haha
xoxo

ps: What language should I use to write here?! hahaha

Tássia Rebelo said...

Oiiiiiiii
Obg ^^'
eu tinha vindo aqui e visto que era tudo inglês, aí pensei que tinha algo errado.. =]


Beijo