Miss Virginia Lachasse - A Couture Doll
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Miss Lachasse was one of a collection of fashion dolls created for a touring exhibition to raise money for the Greater London Fund for the Blind. She was based on Virginia Woodford, the leading model at the Lachasse couture house in Mayfair.
Her wardrobe shows the clothes a typical couture client would possess. It includes lingerie, accessories and jewellery, made specially by exclusive London companies such as Asprey. It also has what is thought to be the smallest pair of nylon stockings ever made.
The Théâtre de la Mode dolls of 1945-6 functioned as ambassadors for French couture in their world-wide tour after the war. Miss Lachasse, with her equally exquisite miniaturisation of fashionable dress, shows London's skills.
Detail of a cocktail dress with embroidered label
Lachasse
London
1954
The Fashion Museum, Bath and North East Somerset Council
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Detail of a cocktail dress with embroidered label by Lachasse. London 1954. The Fashion Museum, Bath