Madeline Vionnet

Madeline Vionnet was born in Born June 22nd in Chilleurs-aux-Bois Loiret in 1876 she was a french fashion designer ( queen of the bias cut) as born in a un-wealthy family Vionnet started seam stressing at the age of 11.
Vionnet got married when she was 18 and  got divorced ,then went of to work in a hospital as a seam stress for them. when Madeline Vionnet was in London  she became a fitter for Kate Reily


  Madeline Vionnet went back to Paris and trained with a fashion house Callot Soeurs and then later on with Jacques Doucet. Madeline Vionnet founded her own fashion house called Vionnet in 1912 the house of Vionnet grow and she employed more then 1,000 seamstress's . Vionnet introduced the bias cut In 1920,it was a  technique for cutting cloth diagonally Vionnet's use of the bias cut to create a slim body look.

Vionnet would think that if a women smiled then her dress should smile too.Madeleine was a trend setter and her designs where often imtiaited in the 1935. Madeleine became famous because of showing off the women figgers in dresses.she got her inspiration by the Greek art. where her dresses flowed around the body to make a the person shape.


In 1930 Madeleine Vionnet became so popular famous people like Kathrine Hepburn,Marlene Dietric and Greta Garbo.Madeleine would use fabric like crêpe de chine, gabardine, and satin to make her clothes to give the soft affect in her clothing she would order fabric 2 yard bigger then she needed to  make drapes in her dresses mostly she would drape the luxurious  style dresses that where simple and modern. Vionnet's most  important impact on the fashion industry  was the design in mass production.unlike most designers Vionnet had worked as a seamstress for a hospital and was able to make her designs for the retail markets.
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Because of world war 2 Vionnet had to close down her fashion house in 1939  and became  a mentor for the later designers passing on her timeless styles. today Vionnet is seen as one of the most  influential designers in the 20Th century , sadly Madeleine Vionnet died on the 2nd of march 1975.

in 1988 couple of years later Vionnet's house of fashion was reopened by the family called Lummen that specializes in accessories and luxury stuff. in 2006 well after  Madeleine Vionnet died the house of fashion Vionnet employed a new directer designer Sophia kokosalaki and lunched an clothing rage spring summer collection of 2007 its first clothing collection i over 67 years.