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Fashion in the 1920s continued the transition away from Victorian styles into looks that included looser clothing that allowed more of the body to be exposed. New manufacturing techniques meant that clothes could be produced more efficiently at a lower cost, and this made trendy fashions more accessible to all, not just the wealthiest people. It was during this period that individual fashion designers began to find prominence in worldwide culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Madeleine Vionnet<\/span><\/h2>\n

Paris was the center of the fashion world in the 1920s, and the trends set in Paris were influential on fashion in Europe and the United States. At the forefront of the fashion scene in Paris was Madeleine Vionnet. Vionnet’s couture house on Avenue Montaigne came to be known as the “Temple of Fashion.” Vionnet shook up the industry in the 1920s with her introduction of the bias cut. The bias cut was a technique of cutting a garment at an angle against the grain of the fabric. This allowed for the garment to hug the body more closely. Vionnet closed her fashion house in 1939 and retired in 1940, but her impact on the industry can still be felt today through numerous fashion designers who have cited her as an influence on their work.<\/span><\/p>\n