OCTOBER 13, 2007 - JANUARY 5, 2008
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Jeanne Lanvin (1867 – 1946) began her career as a milliner
before moving into the world of fine dressmaking. She created
children’s wear and perfume, but was best known for her robes
de style, an adaptation of the 18th-century fashion for
wearing panniers. “Modern clothes need a certain romantic feel,”
she said. They should not become “too everyday and practical.”
Mrs. Charles S. Dewey wore this moiré silk dress with crystal
beads, and pearls when presented to the
Court of Saint James in 1927. |
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| Jeanne Lanvin, robe de style, 1927, France, worn by donor, Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, née Marie Suzette de Marigny Hall, photograph by Irving Solero | ||||||