Madeleine Vionnet

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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At a glance

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Figure

Domain

Arts and letters

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Resistance

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What Wikipedia says

Madeleine Vionnet (pronounced [madlɛn vjɔnɛ]; June 22, 1876 – March 2, 1975) was a French fashion designer best known for being the "pioneer of the bias cut dress". Vionnet trained in London before returning to France to establish her first fashion house in Paris in 1912.

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