FASHION DESIGNER

Madeleine Vionnet

1876 - 1975

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Madeleine Vionnet (pronounced [ma.də.lɛn vjɔ.ne]; June 22, 1876, Loiret, France – March 2, 1975) was a French fashion designer best known for being the “pioneer of the bias cut dress”, Vionnet trained in London before returning to France to establish her first fashion house in Paris in 1912. Although it was forced to close in 1914 at the outbreak of the First World War, it re-opened after the war and Vionnet became one of the leading designers of 1920s-30s Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Madeleine Vionnet has received more than 346,380 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Madeleine Vionnet is the 33rd most popular fashion designer (down from 31st in 2019), the 2,459th most popular biography from France (down from 2,108th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Fashion Designer.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Madeleine Vionnet ranks 33 out of 51. Before her are Donna Karan, Charles Frederick Worth, Halston, Christian Lacroix, Emanuel Ungaro, and Vera Wang. After her are Jil Sander, Sergio Rossi, Christian Louboutin, Jean Patou, Marc Jacobs, and Guy Laroche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Madeleine Vionnet ranks 81. Before her are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Vladimir Nazor, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Ignaz Seipel, Roman Malinovsky, and Franz Schlegelberger. After her are Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, Lev Berg, William Sealy Gosset, Claude Farrère, Agustín Pedro Justo, and Friedrich Traun. Among people deceased in 1975, Madeleine Vionnet ranks 78. Before her are Nihal Atsız, Lennart Skoglund, Achille Van Acker, Peregrino Anselmo, Vladimir Kuts, and Kang Sheng. After her are Franz Six, William A. Wellman, Cannonball Adderley, Ma Bufang, Lung Chien, and Ezzard Charles.

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In France

Among people born in France, Madeleine Vionnet ranks 2,459 out of 6,770. Before her are Félix d'Herelle (1873), Roman Opałka (1931), Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (1624), Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284), Henri Eberhardt (1913), and Yolanda of Courtenay (1197). After her are Zygmunt Krasiński (1812), Henri Breuil (1877), Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia (955), Quatremère de Quincy (1755), François Devienne (1759), and Alexandre Exquemelin (1646).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In France

Among fashion designers born in France, Madeleine Vionnet ranks 10. Before her are Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Paul Poiret (1879), Rose Bertin (1747), Thierry Mugler (1948), Christian Lacroix (1951), and Emanuel Ungaro (1933). After her are Christian Louboutin (1964), Jean Patou (1887), and Guy Laroche (1921).

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