The Bias Cut
The curvaceous silhouettes popularised between the 1920s and 1930s came from a technical intuition: how the cut 'on the grain' of soft fabric celebrated the natural curves of the feminine body.
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Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation
Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation
Ben de Lisi (designer); Ben de Lisi (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum of Decorative Arts
Madeleine Vionnet (designer); Madeleine Vionnet (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Holmén, Erik
Nordic Museum Foundation
Malmö Museum
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
Nottingham City Museums and Galleries
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Nordic Kompaniet
Nordic Museum Foundation
Holmén, Erik (Photographer)
Nordic Museum Foundation
Nordic Kompaniet
Nordic Museum Foundation
Landin, Mats
Nordic Museum Foundation
Nordic Kompaniet
Nordic Museum Foundation
Madeleine Vionnet (Designer); Marcello Bertoni. (Photographer)
Pitti Palace - Museum of Costume and Fashion
Madame Elizabeth Handley-Seymour (maker); Madeleine Vionnet (designer, after, possibly)
Victoria and Albert Museum