Designer Madeleine Vionnet (1876 – 1975) was one of Europe's greatest couturiers, famous for pioneering the revolutionary 'bias-cut' dress, draped expertly over the body, which changed the shape of ...

part Madeleine Vionnet,” Rick Owens told Vogue in 2003, describing one of his signature pieces. “All that, cut apart and somehow Scotch-taped together.” The dissident designer was talking ...