Evening Dress – (Alix Barton, Alix) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Alix Barton, Alix

Date: 1944

Museum: The Kyoto Costume Institute (Kyoto, Japan)

Technique: White

Small pleats contour the lines of the chest, and the natural flow of the cloth becomes a skirt. This work demonstrates the typical style of Grès.Madame Grès opened the fashion house Alix in 1934, but was forces to close it in 1939. In 1942 she opened a new house under her husband