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'Imagination' rules Ak coronation

• Photo Showcase : 2011 Ak-Sar-Ben Coronation .
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Both represent the best in achievement and volunteerism.

Deryl Hamann and Mary Catherine "Katie" Landen took center stage Saturday at the 115th Ak-Sar-Ben Coronation and Scholarship Ball, as the mythical Kingdom of Quivira presented its highest honors.

Hamann, a senior counsel to the law firm of Baird Holm and former chairman and CEO of Great Western Bancorp, was crowned king.

Landen, daughter of Patty and C.L. Landen III and a business finance major at St. Thomas University, was crowned queen. Her father is an executive with Security National Bank, the bank established by her grandfather.

The new king and queen received standing ovations from the more than 2,000 guests at the CenturyLink Center Omaha.

The evening honored the contributions of more than 200 families in Nebraska and western Iowa. Members of the honored families participated in the coronation in such roles as princess, escort, standard bearer and page.

Source: Omaha World-Herald

FIDM Museum Blog: Madeline Vionnet evening gown

by Rachel

2008.5.50AB

The first time I saw this Madeline Vionnet halter evening gown, I had a hard time reconciling it with my knowledge of Vionnet's work. When I think of Vionnet, ingenious construction techniques are first in my mind, not applied decoration. Tucks, pleats, twists, innovative seaming and bias cut fabrics, often applied to gossamer weight chiffon, are both the technical foundations of her work and frequently the sole decorative elements. Don't get me wrong--I like a shiny sequin or glittery rhinestone as much as the next person. But I've always appreciated the deceptive simplicity of Vionnet's work and the way in which her unornamented designs force you to focus on the basic elements of her work: textile and construction.

 

Vionnet's primary concern was the form of a garment and how the garment related to the body. Working on her legendary wooden mannequin, Vionnet draped, cut and slashed plain muslin toiles until a satisfactory design emerged. A suitable textile was chosen only after the design was complete. Vionnet herself tended towards neutrals, as she acknowledged in a 1937 interview: "I like black and white. They are pure color. Next to them, I like natural colors like the blue and green of eyes and red of lips." . In 1918, Vionnet hired Marie-Louise Favot. A dressmaker and trained artist, Favot (called Yo because Vionnet already employed a Marie-Louise) designed all of Vionnet's embroidery motifs. Though the motifs were designed in-house, the actual work was contracted out to Michonet, a Parisian embroidery firm founded in 1858. Because so many of Vionnet's designs were cut on the bias, innovative techniques were used to apply surface decoration. For example, embroidery stitches were angled to follow the grain of the bias-cut fabric so as not to interfere with the drape....

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