#bernard blossac

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Bernard Blossac (Illustration)

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[mote-historie]

1940’s by Bernard Blossac

Design for a dress with bolero in the 'New Look' style by Bernard Blossac, possibly for Dior, about 1947-50. It is signed in pencil 'Blossac'.

Born into an aristocratic family, Bernard de la Bourdonnaie-Blossac studied art at in the atelier of Paul Colin before the ‘most Parisian’ fashion designer Robert Piguet discovered him. Blossac soon started publishing his drawings in a magazines like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. His post war drawings convey a sense of aristocratic elegance and his designs fully encapsulate the chic of la vie Parisienne.

[mote-historie]

Bernard Blossac for Christian Dior, 1948.

[dozydawn]

Illustration by Bernard Blossac, 1946.

[desimonewayland]

Bernard Blossac, design for a dress with bolero in the 'New Look' style, possibly for Dior ca. 1947-1950

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[jeannepompadour]

"Art Galery Charpentier...Lucien Lelong, Robert Piguet, Worth, Balenciaga, Paquin" by Bernard Blossac, 1943 

[jeannepompadour]

Christian Dior, Jeanne Lafaurie, Jean Dessès, Paquin, Jacques Griffe designs by Bernard Blossac, 1949