Valerie steel showcases the most iconic dresses of the twentieth century. Steele selects 100 dresses that caused a stir either on the runway or entering a room and ultimately inspired new directions in fashion. Steele’s selections include Paul Poiret’s figure-liberating 1907 gown, Madame Gr?s’s sublimely draped goddess creation from 1938, John Paul Gaultier’s shockingly exaggerated cone-bust corset dress circa 1984 and Hussein Chalayan’s Airplane dress from 2000. The compilation while subjective, is sure to receive nods of recognition along with a gasp or two of surprise.
