“I discovered this huge collection that she has kept not only of several hundred dresses, but also documents and photography. All sorts of souvenirs about her mother and her father as well,” she said.
Müller used archives at couture houses in Paris for research. About half the dresses on display are original samples from fashion shows.
“Véronique was very good friends with many couturiers like Hubert de Givenchy, André Courrèges, Yves Saint Laurent, and she was able to be dressed with these original designs,” which was not a common practice at the time, she added.
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Because Véronique spent so much time traveling with Gregory, she couldn’t attend every fashion show that showed off the latest clothes in Paris. And Müller said the sketches on display at the museum show the creative process of how Véronique shaped her style and worked with designers thousands of miles away.
“Her mother, Alexandra, who was living in Paris, was able to attend the fashion shows,” she said. “She was writing to her daughter long letters describing all the great collections and the great pieces that she should acquire. On top of this, the fashion houses would send Véronique sketches with a little piece of fabric in order to do her final choice.”
In all, the “Paris to Hollywood” exhibit showcases 100 outfits from 17 different designers, all from the 1950s through the 1990s. As times changed, so did the styles. And some of that history is on display too.
“I think this connection is really wonderful because it shows a link between Paris, the back-then capital of fashion, and Hollywood, the capital of movie and famous, glamorous star style,” Müller said. “I think visitors will learn the evolution of the silhouette and how the looks are related with the evolution of women in society. How women have really been empowered through the decades.”
Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum/Eric Stephenson
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