Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975) changed history with her bias-cut draping at the end of World War I. "She introduced the bias cut for whole garments, in which the fabric was cut diagonally across the grain to make a springy type of drape." This statement and image was posted on New York Public Library's blogspot: http://www.nypl.org/blogs/subject/haute-couture.
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