I ran out of time to post about the finished Vionnet chiton dress before Pompeii to Paris (though I did post about the initial construction), so I feel it is well time you got a proper catch up. The really fabulous thing about making the chiton dress was that the inspiration frock practically came with a pattern.  There was a picture of it laid out flat: And an image of Vionnet’s original design sketch, showing how she envisioned it looking on a model: And finally, an image of the surviving original dress on a mannequin: Between these three images it was very easy to calculate the approximate dimensions of the original dress, and cut out a reasonable replica from vintage kimono crepe: Two hours of picot edging and darning stitch to join the pieces later, I had a dress: It fits me very snugly (very modern, it shows off what a great bottom I have), Isabella the mannequin like a glove, and itsy-bitsy petite Anna in a perfectly period, slightly loose 1920s style. The dress …