' Even though Jeanne Lanvin was famous for her picture dresses (or robes de style), and Madeleine Vionnet was best known for her bias cut dresses, here is a ICONS: Madeleine Vionnet "The architect of fashion" Yolancris You Need a Bias cut Dress in Your Closet. Sew This Slip Dress. THE ELEGANCE OF THE 1930's BIAS CUT GOWN The bias cut of material, a mode introduced in the 1920s by the French couturiere Madeleine Vionnet, was widely adopted in the 1930s and