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It opens today, so of course I was there and OMYGOD !!!!!!!!! You have to see it. If you happens to come in Paris or in Europe, really this is a must, and you must not miss it. The exhibit is huge, and the pieces are really really wonderful. Not only dresses, but also cosmetics, and period movies of Haute-Couture presentation (Were the women fat in those years !).

I have an overdose of silk crape, beads, and embroideries, but this I can manage.

I'm SO going to see that exhibit several times.

The book is really a must too. It's probably the biggest exhibit catalogue made by the galliera museum. I saw it at the museum, but i haven't buy it yet (39€, a bit expensive for my october budget). I think it's not officially out, cause I can find it on Amazon.

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There is still a but, but it tiny tiny tiny.

There is the Vionnet dress from "Patterns of Fashion" in the exhibit, the dress [livejournal.com profile] koshka_the_cat reproduced, and unfortunately, because I really love that dress, it is not as pretty as it should be : it's hanging on the mannequin without a belt, and it obviously not made to be worn without it. I know the original one is missing, but they should have done a new one for the presentation. The main problem is that there is a lot of weight on the bodice's seams, and first, they don't look in very good state (from what I saw through the glass), and second it kinda stresses the joins in fabric in the front bodice pieces (look at the pattern in Janet Arnold's, because the sketch itself doesn't show this seams), and well they are ugly, this joins.
So I'm a bit disapointed about this, because I was jumping like a little girl when I realise the dress was there, but I DO nibble. The rest of the exhibit is PERFECT.

Date: 2007-10-20 06:04 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com
I'm so glad it's such a good exhibit!

And as for the dress without a belt, it really, really needs one. Until the belt goes on it is the most bizarre looking thing. The skirt is very heavy, and I have one less panel on mine than the original, though probably a heavier fabric too. But the skirt is going to pull down the bodice without a belt because it's so loose!

I'll still be happy to see it. And I can say mine looks better than the original, at least in its current state :)

Date: 2007-10-20 07:24 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] lisotchka.livejournal.com
1) Merci pour les compliments: je pense que ça ferait plaisir à l'équipe après tous les rebondissements du montage!
2) La robe de Vionnet n'appartient pas à Galliera, mais aux Arts Décos. Elle est très froissée (ils nous l'ont confiée comme ça) et TRES fragile (notamment les épaules). Elle n'a pas de ceinture tout simplement parce que le modèle original n'en prévoyait pas (pas de passants). En "faire une" serait de la reconstition, ce qui n'est pas le but de cette expo. Cette partie de l'expo n'est pas accessoirisée non plus. Elle figure dans la section Modernité, c'est donc sa coupe qui est mise en valeur. Si les coutures ne sont pas très belles, c'est plutôt normal: il me semble qu'elles ne sont pas très rafinées. Le manteau noir l'est beaucoup plus... Son mannequinage n'a pas été évident puisque ses mensurations sont très grandes: il a donc fallut essayer d'éviter de la faire baleine!^^
3) Les accessoires et les cosmétiques sont absoluments fantastiques! Et les images d'époque savoureuses!

NB: The Jeanne Lanvin dresses in the last kiosque will turn in 2 months...;-)

Date: 2007-10-21 06:13 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] green-martha.livejournal.com
It's almost certain we'll take a long "week-end" in Paris before the end of the exhibit with the Home Geek. [Bad username or site: ladyçdarkstone @ livejournal.com] will probably be there too. Want. To. See. It. !!!

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