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Madame Gres, sculptural fashion

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Includes bibliographical references

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non fiction

Madame Gres

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sculptural fashion

Accompanies an exhibition at the MoMu Fashion Museum, Province of Antwerp from September - February 2013. A remarkable couturier, with a career spanning half a century, Madame Alix Gres (1903-1993) was known for using delicate pleats which turned ordinary fabric into Grecian-style. This is the first monograph of her extraordinary work. Madame Gres launched her design house under the name Gres in Paris in 1942. Formally trained as a sculptress, she produced haute couture designs for an array of fashionable women, including the Duchess of Windsor, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Dolores del Rio. Her signature was cut-outs on gowns that made exposed skin part of the design, yet still had a classical, sophisticated feel. She was renowned for being the last of the haute couture houses to establish a ready-to-wear line

Foreword / Didier Grumbach -- Introduction / Kaat Debo and Olivier Saillard -- Madame Gres : couture at work / Olivier Saillard -- Couture studio -- Photo studio -- The uvre of Madame Gres : a story of sculpture / Laurent Cotta -- Drawings -- Biography 1903-1993 / Alexandre Samson