Jeanne Lanvin

Rare and important Jeanne Lanvin Tulle Art Deco gown from Summer 1931 of grasshopper green silk tulle with natural tulle strips applied to create petal like ...

In the 1930s when French fashion couturier Jeanne Lanvin (1867-1946) was creating decorative bias-cut silk tulle overlays for her feminine full-skirted sleeveless "robes de style", she designed this black semi-transparent silk tulle formal jacket featuring diagonally striped topstitched silk-crepe appliques throughout the bias-cut panels. This sheer geometric-patterned cape-like jacket has a skirt that drapes from an open waistline and a top-fastening bodice with gathered rounded 3/4-length sleeves that each have two arm seams and shirred embroidered cuffs. The jacket can be styled slightly differently given its four small black hooks on the upper bodice above the bust. In our photos, we only fastened the top hook. Worthy of "sleeping beauty" status in a museum collection or fashion school, the design was among the first "swing coats" that were given that name around 1935 when Lanvin was the "uncontested leader in the haute-couture field"--according to the French Palais Galliera that has collected and exhibited similar garments at its fashion museum in Paris. As a match to a dress collected by Musee Galliera, another 1stDibs dealer has listed a damaged 1931 Jeanne Lanvin "Art Deco tulle gown" priced at $37,500, whose maxi-dress overlay is similarly constructed with ribbon-like silk strips to create a unique bold pattern. In New York, The Met collected a 1927 House of Lanvin black evening coat with a similar shape to ours, which also features dramatic linear appliques but in a white starburst. The unprecedented modern look of this Art-Deco women's jacket, which was inspired by 18th-Century French and Spanish topcoats for aristocratic court dresses, seems to have been good cause for Maison Lanvin to custom-make some close reproductions of a one-of-a-kind couture original for additional clients in Paris, which is implied by the remaining French brand label noting "Adaptation Jean Lanvin...

Possibly modified Jeanne Lanvin labeled vintage hat. Excellent vintage condition. FINAL SALE.

Superb Jeanne Lanvin 1930’s long Purple Tweed Wool Swing Coat MADE IN FRANCE. Remarkable 1930’s Jeanne Lanvin Coat in Purple Tweed, superbly cut along the waistline with asymmetric...

Antonio Castillo designed this stunning silk scarf for Jeanne Lanvin Paris in the 1950s. The design features intricate flower pots printed in brown and green, and is signed in the bo...

A Jeanne Lanvin haute couture evening gown in ivory silk crepe, made in Paris circa 1943 and documented in period American press. Bias-cut and entirely hand-finished, the gown is a r...

Lanvin brown evening gown from the 1950's. The empire waist dress features spaghetti straps and a fitted satin bodice with an oversized bow on the f...

Lanvin Silk Sheer Flower Overlay Dress, slip with hand detail