Vionnet Dresses Exhibition
Organisation: Fashion Museum & Assembly Rooms
Date: 5 December 2009 - 28 November 2010
Venue: Assembly Rooms, Bath, BA2 2QH
The Fashion Museum, working in partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Bowes Museum, has saved a collection of rare 1930s evening dresses by Madeleine Vionnet, one of the greatest 20th century couturiers, for the nation.
The two dresses acquired by the Fashion Museum, both of which are exquisite examples of Vionnet's skill in manipulating fabric, will be on display in the Fashion Musuem galleries from 5 December 2009.