For my Final Major Project I have chosen to study 'The Golden Age of Couture' exhibition featured at the V&A in 2007/8.
The term 'haute couture' directly translates as 'high sewing' and refers to the construction of exclusive custom-fitted clothing.
The V&A museum collection featured a whole range of dresses predominantly from the 1940s/50s, all constructed following the strict guidelines given to the couture houses of Paris by part of the French government - 'Chambre de commerce et l'industrie de Paris'.
Also in the collection was a display of 'Theatre de la Mode' dolls - a range of dressed dolls approx. 21" tall, each with their own couture outfit created with the same precision and techniques as the full-scale garments of the exhibition.
I will be constructing one full-scale Lanvin couture evening gown (1950), alongside four smaller scale dresses with reference to 'Theatre de la Mode'; a red Balenciaga evening gown (1955), a black Jacques Fath velvet evening coat (1946), a polka dot Lucien Lelong day dress (1946), and a wool crepe tailored day jacket.
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