Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture "Sodom and Gomorrah" Gown, Occupied Paris, c. 1943–44 — Documented New York Times 1944, Illustrated by Christian Bérard vintage evening jacket Please note: there is light

Please note: there is light color discoloration at the underarms and a small spot at the bottom hem

tying at the shoulders for a feminine

Measurements

where stacked beaded stripes create a sleek

Fabric: Wool shell

Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture "Sodom and Gomorrah" Gown, Occupied Paris, c. 1943–44 — Documented New York Times 1944, Illustrated by Christian Bérard vintage evening jacket Please note: there is lightSome dresses survive. This one was recorded. Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture. Iconic. In October 1943, Jean Giraudoux's Sodome et Gomorrhe opened at the Thtre Hbertot his only new work staged under the occupation dressed by Christian Brard, the great illustrator of wartime Paris. Lanvin answered with a gown that took the play's name. A year later, Brard sketched it himself for the American press, and it ran in The New York Times "From Paris," October 15,