Mousseline evening dress
Madame Carven · Autumn–Winter 1952–1953
France
Madame Carven
- Petite couture
- Youthful elegance
Madame Carven, born Carmen de Tommaso, established her Paris fashion house in 1945 with particular attention to petite women. Her approach joined couture elegance with an accessible, youthful spirit.
Madame Carven, early 1950s.
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Cocktail dress
1960 · Carven
A documented Carven design from Marie-Louise Carven’s tenure, preserved in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne collection.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Floral lace dress
1956 · Carven
A documented Carven design from Marie-Louise Carven’s tenure, preserved in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne collection.
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Red wool dress
1946 · Carven
A documented Carven design from Marie-Louise Carven’s tenure, preserved in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag collection.
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
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Carven Boutique — Velvet dress with pink sleeves
1980s · Carven
A Carven Boutique dress from the founder’s active years, identified by its label in the New Canaan Museum collection.
New Canaan Museum & Historical Society
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Mousseline evening dress
Autumn/Winter 1952–1953
An original Carven evening dress from the Autumn/Winter 1952–1953 collection, preserved at Palais Galliera.
Paris Musées / Palais GallieraCollections & archive pieces
1 collections represented · 1 pieceAutumn/Winter 1952–1953
1 piece
About Madame Carven
The following year she introduced Ma Griffe perfume, whose green-and-white presentation established visual codes that carried the house's identity from clothing into fragrance and helped make green a lasting signature.