Conférence – Années 20 : Art Déco et Mode des Années Folles

By Rene Ventola

In response to the traumas of the First World War, and reflecting the profound upheavals that followed, the 1920s - the "Roaring Twenties" - offered an unprecedented aesthetic renewal in many fields, notably Architecture and Decorative Arts. Fashion also changed radically, highlighting a certain emancipation of women at this time, and this area was brilliantly illustrated by a whole generation of great seamstresses: Jeanne Lanvin, Madeleine Vionnet and Coco Chanel among others...