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Louiseboulanger Evening Gown

The Museum at FIT's: opening party for Proust’s Muse, The Countess Greffulhe
Photographs © Zach Hilty/BFA.com

Photographs © Zach Hilty/BFA.com

“Women who dare to wear clothes that are strikingly original and about three seasons ahead of the style naturally gravitate to Louiseboulanger,” observed one guidebook. That would certainly describe the Countess Greffulhe, who was always a connoisseur of high fashion.

Louiseboulanger
Evening gown, late 1930s
Rayon crepe “Aziza,” velvet
GAL1964.20.29, gift of the Gramont family to the Palais Galliera
Proust’s Muse, The Countess Greffulhe runs through January 7, 2016 at The Museum at FIT in NYC.

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This exhibition was developed by the Palais Galliera, Fashion Museum of the City of Paris, Paris Musées.