Early 1980s Madame Gres Silver Thread Ruffled Floral Print Maxi Skirt designer-mary-quant It skims over the torso

It skims over the torso to a defined and seamed waist and then the skirt falls in a slim column to just below the knee

Fall/Winter 2014

or experiments in texture like the dress in a plongée leather washed to a papery fineness and foiled with gold

The lines of it and design are extraordinary

The dresses were cut in a modified triangle shape that redefined the curves of the female body

Early 1980s Madame Gres Silver Thread Ruffled Floral Print Maxi Skirt designer-mary-quant It skims over the torsoMadame Gres' work has had profound effects on Haute Couture and her influence still resonates to this day. Her attention to detail, master draping techniques and respect for the female form is unparalleled. She was known for designing and creating garments directly on the models and the results were spectacular. She first opened her atelier, La Maison Alix in 1932. A partnership briefly changed the house's name to Alix Barton and then the label went