The Garments That Altered the History of Clothing
How to Be Cultured Menu Fashion 1. The satin dress in John Singer Sargent’s ‘Madame X’ painting (1884) © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, N.Y. “It was designed by the sitter, Madame Pierre Gautreau [the Louisiana-born Virginie Amélie Avegno], an American Parisian socialite married to a French banker,” says the British Turkish fashion designer…