Sold. Sublime Madame Grès Haute Couture, circa 1952 ivory taffeta evening dress. One-of-one, prototype from the 1952 collection. Fits like a US2. Very Good Vintage Condition. Additional images available on request.

Madame Grès: The Art of Draping explores the work of an extraordinary talent who was, notes curator Olivier Saillard, “much more a sculptor than fashion designer.”

Madame Grès, or Alix Barton, created sculptural Grecian gowns and gained the nickname of the "Sphinx of Fashion." Read more about her!

How Madame Grès, once dubbed the Sphinx of Fashion, substituted stone for fabric in her sartorial adaptation of ancient Greek art and architecture. As she famously said throughout her life: “I wanted to be a sculptor. For me, working with cloth or stone is the same thing.” And so, it is no surprise