Nightgown

Design House House of Vionnet French
 Designer Madeleine Vionnet French

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Vionnet purified and distilled form, compressing fashion to its essential structure. A monogram is a like identifier, representing an individual, but abridging the name to initials and letting those initials become a visual form. Hardly the name tags of garments for sleep-away camp, monograms are inherently an elite system, suggesting known names from the discreet initials and the capacity of extrapolating the whole from first letters.

Nightgown, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), silk, French

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Nightgown, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), silk, French
Nightgown, House of Vionnet (French, active 1912–14; 1918–39), silk, French

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