Madame Vignon
Illustration — Philippoteaux mariage de Napoléon III. Madame Vignon designed the wedding dress of the empress. Madame Vignon, also known as Madame Vignon-Chauvin (19th century), was a French fashion designer Couturier. An established fashion designer during the July Monarchy.
Also recorded as Madame Vignon-Chauvin
Madame Vignon
Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux · Public domain
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- France
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- fashion designer
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- French
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Illustration — Philippoteaux mariage de Napoléon III. Madame Vignon designed the wedding dress of the empress. Madame Vignon, also known as Madame Vignon-Chauvin (19th century), was a French fashion designer Couturier. An established fashion designer during the July Monarchy.
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She enjoyed a successful career, and came to have an influential position within the French fashion industry and mentioned as a member of the elite fashion designers in mid-19th-century Paris in the era of the Second Republic and Second Empire, alongside other top designers such as Madame Camille, Madame Palmyre and Madame Victorine. She did the day dresses of the empress, while Palmyre did the evening dresses. The fashion house founded by Madame Vignon, Maison Vignon, traded at 182 Rue de Rivoli, Paris, until at least 1880.
• Illustration — Dress, c. 1872, Metropolitan Museum of Art • Illustration — Dinner dress, 1878-79, Metropolitan Museum of Art • Illustration — Dinner dress, 1875-79, Metropolitan Museum of Art • Illustration — Dress, c. 1880, Metropolitan Museum of Art • Illustration — Dress, c. 1880, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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