12 of the Most Memorable Lanvin Moments in Vogue Inline
Photo: Edward Steichen, Vogue, December 01, 19241/9This robe de style, worn here by actress Carlotta Monterey, will be shown at the Palais Galliera. Made of cream-white taffeta it features a rust velvet bow and black velvet appliques decorated with pearl beads.
Illustration: Christian Bérard, Vogue, April 1, 19372/9Joyous, full skirted dresses from Lanvin. The one on the left in “wave-green” tulle embrellished with tulle braid; and on the right an organza garden party dress “as young as a new moon.”
Photo: Edward Steichen, Vogue, May 1, 19243/9Helen Lyons in a black crepe dress intricately traced with white beads and thread and trimmed, with organdie accents and ribbon streamers. Vogue credited Lanvin with making “genuine creations wherein harmonious colors mingle and deftly placed trimmings exert their own charm.”
Illustration by Carl Erickson, Vogue, March 1, 19344/9Madame Lanvin, drawn for Vogue by Eric, is seen in her book-filled office.
Illustration: Christian Bérard, Vogue, December 15, 19355/9Christian Bérard's illustration of a stunning red evening dress by Lanvin goes far in explaining what Vogue asserted that “Madame Lanvin has achieved her greatest success in the evening mode.”
Photo: Edward Steichen, Vogue, November 1, 19266/9Joan Clement in Lanvin’s crystal embellished robe de style. “The name Lanvin for me,” wrote Christian Dior, “was bound up with the memory of girls in robes de style whom I danced my first foxtrots, charlestons and shimmies with.”
Photo: George Hoyningen-Huene, Vogue, October 1, 19337/9Mme. Hilling, wears Lanvin’s Russian diadem of ebony and silver metal, and quilted silver sleeves to great effect.
Photo: Andre Durst, Vogue, October 1, 19368/9Silver grapes trim the veil and shoulders of this lame jacket that Lanvin paired with a wool skirt.
Photo: Edward Steichen, Vogue, May 1, 19279/9Lanvin’s romanticism, here expressed with a butterfly bow at the back of a stunning evening dress, coexisted with Art Deco’s streamlined aesthetic.
