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The robe de style describes a style of
The robe de style describes a style of dress
A dress (also known as a frock or a gown) is a garment traditionally worn by women or girls consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice (or a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece garment). It consists of a top piece that co ...
popular in the 1920s
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as an alternative to the straight-cut chemise dress.
The style was characterised by its full skirts. The bodice could be fitted, or straight-cut in the chemise manner, with a dropped waist, but it was the full skirt that denoted the ''robe de style''. Sometimes the fullness was supported with petticoats
A petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing, a type of undergarment worn under a skirt or a dress. Its precise meaning varies over centuries and between countries.
According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', in current British Engl ...
, panniers
A pannier is a basket, bag, box, or similar container, carried in pairs either slung over the back of a beast of burden, or attached to the sides of a bicycle or motorcycle. The term derives from a Middle English borrowing of the Old French '' ...
, or hoops.
The ''robe de style'' was a signature design of the couturier Jeanne Lanvin
Jeanne-Marie Lanvin (; 1 January 1867 – 6 July 1946) was a French haute couture fashion designer. She founded the Lanvin fashion house and the beauty and perfume company Lanvin Parfums.
Early life
Jeanne Lanvin was born in Paris on 1 Janua ...
. Other couture houses known for their versions of the ''robe de style'' included Boué Soeurs
Boué Soeurs was a French fashion house active from 1899 to 1957. It was founded by sisters Madame Sylvie Montegut and Baronne Jeanne d'Etreillis under their maiden name, Boué.
History
Sylvie and Jeanne Boué took an interest in design at a ver ...
, Callot Soeurs
Callot Soeurs () was one of the leading fashion design houses of the 1910s and 1920s.
Origins
Callot Soeurs opened in 1895 at 24, rue Taitbout in Paris, France. It was operated by the four Callot sisters: Marie Callot Gerber, Marthe Callot Be ...
, Doeuillet and Lucile.{{cite book , chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDkVCwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA263 , title=Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe , chapter=Robe de Style , last=Webber Kerstein , first=Melinda , publisher= ABC-CLIO , date=23 November 2015 , page=263 , isbn=9781610693103 , accessdate=17 August 2016 , via=Google Books
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