Evening dress
Design House House of Chanel French
Designer Gabrielle Chanel French
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Beyond the archetype of the soft cardigan suit, Chanel in the 1930s created dresses of tiered and contrived lace akin to modern architecture. Inherently the lace and small ruffles seem insubstantial, but Chanel uses the pliant form as the inherent structure for a lightly fabricated dressmaking. Furrows of ruffles are both delicate and architectonic on this dress.
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