‘Marjolaine’ period-style dress, Jeanne Lanvin

• Jeanne Lanvin

• Ivory label woven with black and red: Jeanne Lanvin / PARIS / 15. UNIS. FRANCE.7 Turquoise stamp: ETE 1920 [‘SUMMER 1920’] Written in pencil on a ribbon on the back: 1929
• Gift of Mademoiselle Jacquemin
• Summer 1920
• Bronze shot silk taffeta, yellow rep, silver machine lace
• GAL1969.92.4
• Palais Galliera, musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris

“For me, the name Lanvin is a memory of young girls in stylish dresses, with whom I first danced the foxtrot, Charleston, and shimmy. At the dances they were always the best dressed.” - Christian Dior.

The period-style dress made a notable contribution to the Lanvin reputation. Radically opposed to the straight look of the 1920s, their narrow waists and ample skirts – in the tradition of the 18th-century crinoline – gave full vent to their maker's romanticism. Here the overlaid petals of the taffeta and lace cockade and the long scalloped ribbons reflect all the virtuosity of the Lanvin workshops. A similar model in green belongs to the Lanvin Estate.

Notice's author : Sophie Grossiord