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Evening dress
1924
- Medium
- silk (tulle, thread, lamé), metallic thread
- Measurements
- (a) 127.5 cm (centre back) 46.3 cm (waist, flat) (evening dress)
(b) 104.8 cm (centre back) 48.5 cm (waist, flat) (slip) - Place/s of Execution
- Paris, France
- Inscription
- (b) label, right seamline, printed in ink on silk: (figure) (in a circle) / (pillar) Madeleine Vionnet (deleine Vionnet underlined) / DÉPOSÉ
stamped in ink on silk: (thumbprint) - Accession Number
- D20.a-b-1979
- Department
- International Fashion and Textiles
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of David Syme & Co. Limited, Fellow, 1977
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Courturier Madeleine Vionnet’s client stated, ‘Once on, the clothes moved. They were very easy to dance in’. They were most suited to the popular dances of the time, such as the Foxtrot, the Waltz and the Tango, which were characterised by long, continuous flowing movements by partners in unison. Tear-shaped scallops gradually increase in size from the shoulders towards the hem, resulting in a full skirt for easy movement. Each scallop features an embroidered stylised rose in metallic thread, a favourite motif of the designer and a recurring motif during the period.