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In 1945, Trade Association of Parisian Couture (Chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne) organized the Théâtre de la mode (lit. Theater of Fashion), an event aimed at promoting haute couture and the luxury professions, at the Pavillon de Marsan in the Musée du Louvre.
Created in Paris starting in 1944, the Théâtre de la Mode is a work of haute couture, theater and art, with stage sets and dolls designed and created by artists, and fashions by over 55 design houses. They came together for the survival of haute couture.
Le Théâtre de la mode. En 1945, la Chambre syndicale de la couture parisienne organise au Pavillon de Marsan, au sein du Musée du Louvre, Le Théâtre de la mode, une manifestation qui entend promouvoir la haute couture et les métiers du luxe.
Jul 22, 2021 · Théâtre de la Mode: “Palais Royale,” original 1946 fashions and mannequins from set by André Dignimont (recreated by Anne Surgers); Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art
Maryhill Museum of Art’s permanent display of Théâtre de la Mode presents post-World War II French haute couture fashions on one-third-life-size human mannequins. When it appeared at Louvre’s Museum of Decorative Arts in 1945, the Théâtre de la Mode opening drew 100,000 visitors.
Using the ages-old tradition of traveling miniature mannequins dressed in current couture, the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture mobilized a whole industry with unprecedented cooperation and...
Feb 28, 2024 · Some of the first bodies to showcase Paris couturiers’ post-occupation designs were 27-inch-tall dolls, presented as part of a traveling exhibition dubbed “Théâtre de la Mode.”
