Madeleine Vionnet is an alert and mischievous old lady of ninety-six with eighty-six years of practical experience in the art of dressmaking. Her couture house on the Avenue Montaigne shut its doors in 1939, but at the mention of her name her former clients will sigh as if recalling the…
Tag: Couture
Frankly, I didn’t know he was still alive, but there he was with a smartly turned out group, all in suits and ties, or designer dresses. I remarked to my dinner companions that I hadn’t seen people that well dressed since last I was in Manhattan. I would say…