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FRANCE / Paris: Jeanne Lanvin
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until Sunday August 23 2015

Palais Galliera
T : +33 (0)1 56 52 86 08
10 avenue Pierre-Ier-de-Serbie
75116 Paris
France

The Palais Galliera, in close collaboration with Alber Elbaz, artistic director of Lanvin, is honouring the oldest French fashion house still in business. This first Paris exhibition devoted to Jeanne Lanvin (1867-1946) features over a hundred models from the amazing collections of the Palais Galliera and the Lanvin Heritage.

Jeanne Lanvin used travel diaries, swatches of ethnic fabrics and a vast library of art books to feed her curiosity and inspire her to create fabrics, patterns and exclusive colours. Jeanne Lanvin represents artistry in materials, embroidery, topstitches, twists, spirals, cut-outs – all the virtuosity of the couturière’s craft. It is classical French perfection, with very 18th century style dresses – slender bust, low waist, ample skirt – contrasting with the tubular line of Art Deco with its black and white geometrical patterns, the profusion of ribbons, cristals, beads, and silk tassels.

A capacity for hard work and an intuitive understanding of the modern world only partly explain the extraordinary success of this discreet woman. Alber Elbaz and the Palais Galliera invite you to an encounter with this great lady of haute couture, Jeanne Lanvin.

General curator : Olivier Saillard, director of the Palais Galliera
Academic advisors : Sophie Grossiord, general curator at the Palais Galliera, assisted by Christian Gros
Artistic direction : Alber Elbaz, artistic director of Maison Lanvin, with Laure Harivel, Katy Reiss & Romain Stiegler
Scénography : Laurence Le Bris

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