Fashion & Style

Madame Grès Carves a Place in Fashion History

The most extraordinary sensation in “Madame Grès: Couture at Work” (at the Musée Bourdelle through July 24) is that the dresses — especially the goddess evening gowns — could walk right out of the museum and onto the red carpet.

Even the daytime outfits made in the 1930s by Germaine Krebs — the designer’s real name — have the allure of simplicity and complicity: subtly hidden couture work and a respect for the female body.

Credit: Pierre Antoine

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