Tag: Patou

  • Couture Copies in America: A Case-Study

      Over the last few years, Material Mode has frequently referenced the symbiotic relationship between Parisian couture and American fashion during the first half of the 20th century.  US-based ready-to-wear manufacturers looked to Paris to set the mode, which they subsequently mimicked, with riffs and revisions.  Inversely, the American dollar was a critical source of…