Folie
Fashion Design
late 1949 (made)
late 1949 (made)
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Seven fashion designs on a single sheet, four afternoon or cocktail dresses and three ballgowns.
1) 'Folie.' Bias check dress with vandyked neckline and hem, sapphire blue stole.
2) '100 sous.' Button through sheath dress, peg-topped sklirt with standaway hip detail.
3) 'Jimmy's.' Strapless dress with diagonally buttoned bodice and draped skirt.
4) 'Monte Carlo.' Little black dress with fur-edged side train, draped neckline.
5) 'Volupté.' Pale pink ballgown with knife-pleated skirt with vandyked hem.
6) 'Joyeux Noël.' Strapless evening gown with pleated full skirt and embroidered bodice.
7) 'Nymphe émue' Rose pink strapless gown with exaggeratedly flared overskirt-peplum and pleated underskirt.
1) 'Folie.' Bias check dress with vandyked neckline and hem, sapphire blue stole.
2) '100 sous.' Button through sheath dress, peg-topped sklirt with standaway hip detail.
3) 'Jimmy's.' Strapless dress with diagonally buttoned bodice and draped skirt.
4) 'Monte Carlo.' Little black dress with fur-edged side train, draped neckline.
5) 'Volupté.' Pale pink ballgown with knife-pleated skirt with vandyked hem.
6) 'Joyeux Noël.' Strapless evening gown with pleated full skirt and embroidered bodice.
7) 'Nymphe émue' Rose pink strapless gown with exaggeratedly flared overskirt-peplum and pleated underskirt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | pen and ink and watercolour |
| Brief description | Lou Claverie for Paquin. Seven fashion designs on a single sheet, four afternoon or cocktail dresses and three ballgowns. 1) 'Folie.' Bias check dress with vandyked neckline and hem, sapphire blue stole. 2) '100 sous.' Button through sheath dress, peg-topped sklirt with standaway hip detail. 3) 'Jimmy's.' Strapless dress with diagonally buttoned bodice and draped skirt. 4) 'Monte Carlo.' Little black dress with fur-edged side train, draped neckline. 5) 'Volupté.' Pale pink ballgown with knife-pleated skirt with vandyked hem. 6) 'Joyeux Noël.' Strapless evening gown with pleated full skirt and embroidered bodice. 7) 'Nymphe émue' Rose pink strapless gown with exaggeratedly flared overskirt-peplum and pleated underskirt. One of thirteen sheets each showing multiple fashion designs for Fall-Winter 1949-50. |
| Physical description | Seven fashion designs on a single sheet, four afternoon or cocktail dresses and three ballgowns. 1) 'Folie.' Bias check dress with vandyked neckline and hem, sapphire blue stole. 2) '100 sous.' Button through sheath dress, peg-topped sklirt with standaway hip detail. 3) 'Jimmy's.' Strapless dress with diagonally buttoned bodice and draped skirt. 4) 'Monte Carlo.' Little black dress with fur-edged side train, draped neckline. 5) 'Volupté.' Pale pink ballgown with knife-pleated skirt with vandyked hem. 6) 'Joyeux Noël.' Strapless evening gown with pleated full skirt and embroidered bodice. 7) 'Nymphe émue' Rose pink strapless gown with exaggeratedly flared overskirt-peplum and pleated underskirt. |
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| Credit line | Given by the House of Worth |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1957-1958 London: HMSO, 1964 |
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| Accession number | E.21313-1957 |
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