Ms Petite E’s Correspondence re Chanel & Vionnet

Ma tres Chere Aspasia

I went to this fabulous exhibit and I thought of you….. I think you and Madame Vionnet would have been great friends!

When I first arrived in the fashion capital earlier this year, Madame Channel was the talk at every Parisian rendezvous. Of course the movie Coco avant Chanel, presented a fabulous display of this determined lady, her novel designs inspiring her avante –garde creations and her triumphant establishment of her Maison de Couture despite her numerous life difficulties and dilemmas. It’s Paris in the roaring twenties, Chanel at the height of her creativity, it is style and sophistication – it’s another French Delicacy.

Just as we reach the end of the Chanel commemoration, with typical French finesse, they pull out an even older fashion muse and this time stage yet another breath taking spectacle, taking place at 107 rue de Rivoli, honoring and admiring puriste de la mode – Madeleine Vionnet. Chanel’s designs may have been considered as fresh, mature and uplifting, but it was this leading lady, avant Channel, who fashioned innovation, introduced the particularized procedure of structuring a garment and who tastefully presented and perfected Parisian refinement.
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