It is said that the length of the skirts - an accurate indicator of the economic situation. This is especially true was during the Second World War, when the tissue, like many other commodities were deficient and sold on cards, and became fashionable clothes cost cut. Although after the war were still felt its effects, had already tried to surprise the fashion and ahead of time - the French designer Christian Dior created in 1947 by New Look - an image in which the magnificent ankle-length skirt and corseted Fashion Corset: new return of the Victorian era   waist is a sign of prosperity.

Old photos of the Paris market traders attack patterns because they are too nice clothes - such extravagance was defiant in the days when the card has not yet been abolished, and the British authorities forbade excessive waste matter.

Kate Moss showed characteristic fashion frivolity at the opening ceremony of the exhibition "The golden age of haute couture" at London's Victoria and Albert Museum - she accidentally broke his vintage evening dress Evening dresses: how to emphasize their individuality   by Dior.

Fortunately, the museum better care about their stunning collection of dresses. The focus of the exhibition - 1947-1957's outfits from Paris and London, some of which were specially brought to the exhibition.

There her such rarities as a blue coat by Givenchy in 1957 - the same worn Audrey Hepburn in the film "Funny Face," or red version amazing costume Zemire from Dior (1954) - fluffy skirt to the floor, her bodice and jacket, which is found in Paris basement.

Are presented and are fine examples of the art designer as taffeta evening dress by Balenciaga (about 1955), resembling a Victorian dress, and the dress of silk organza by Pierre Balmain with feathers and rhinestones.

Choice of clothing is great - on a strict daily suits to cocktail and "large" evening dresses. However, with the simplification of social conventions borders blurred. Many of these incredible garments ordered by a certain triumph - brilliant receptions, premieres - and perhaps worn only once. These evening dresses with fluffy skirts and corsages emphasize the shape reminiscent of a fairy princess and exude glamor Glamour - the charm of bad taste As the Monte Carlo casino.

To put on a dress, I had to put on special underwear, slimming the waist and lift the breasts - and linen samples are also presented in the exhibition.

You can also see the subtlety of the work of masters - to see the inside of the dress, tissue fragments, archival materials on how to create high fashion.

Fashion houses such as Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy, and Balmain in Paris, Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies in London, created one of the most successful business models of the twentieth century, thanks to the fashion, advertising and licensing. Fashion design jealously guarded because the copy was also a successful business - but anyone who sketched during a fashion show, ruthlessly expelled.

Although fashion is changing, the industry remains the same, and just the style that creates high fashion, fashion seeps into everyday mass. In Paris, the fashion industry has served not only the reason for postwar pride, but also create hundreds of jobs. For the same reason the British government soon canceled their bans, especially when members of the royal family began to wear a new feminine style.

London high fashion houses are beautifully cut and beautiful evening gowns. The exhibition is decorated clothes Queen and Princess Margaret of British designers. A short exhibition of contemporary dresses from the collection of Dior, which in the early twenty-first century, recalls the new look.

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