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Born in Chilleurs-aux-Bois , Loiret into a poor family, by age eleven Vionnet was working as a seamstress. Her talent for design began to show in her teens and she apprenticed at the renowned Callot Soeurs Haute Couture house in Paris . In 1912 she opened her own fashion house in Paris, eventually at the cutting edge in the 1920s and 30s with her boutique in the Avenue Montaigne . Competing in the era of Coco Chanel , Vionnet's dresses are famous for accentuating a woman's natural form without excessive elaboration or dissimulation. She is also renowned for the chiffon handkerchief dress and the creation of the cowl neck. In 1991, Costume historian Betty Kirke published the first edition of an impactful 'Madeleine Vionnet' book portraying the life and techniques of Madeleine Vionnet. In 1995, the House of Vionnet reopens at 21, Place Vendôme. On October 24, 1996, launch of Vionnet's "Haute Couture" fragrance. EXTERNAL LINKS
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