She was a legend and inspiration for the fashion world - one of the most celebrated couturiers of her day - Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975)....

I was changing into my dinner jacket and was thinking about my Aunt, aristocratic and beautiful in a classical sense, "l'Ancien Régime" - understated elegance....got me to think about... Madelaine Vionnet and her creations.... In search of freedom of expression - refined avant-garde designs...the flow of her dresses draped the women's bodies like living sculptures....wrapped in crêpe romaine - crêpe de chine....Life is great and women will always be living sculptures in my life...

Visualize woman - ocean - tropics - moonlight.... supreme beauty...

The soul and essence of life...

MV grew up by the French-Swiss border in Aubervilliers in Jura....She definitely influenced the course of action within fashion during the 1920s and 30s....

MV owned her first salon on Paris Rue de Rivoli 222...

She was the first to create the one-seam dress and her creations were designed on a 2ft wooden mannequin...