Why The 1930s Are Having A Fashion Moment

Last month, French actress Juliette Binoche officially revealed the first look from the LVMH-resurrected fashion house Jean Patou on the Berlin Film Festival red carpet. The powder-blue, bias-cut dress by recently appointed creative director Guillaume Henry (formerly of Nina Ricci and, before that, Carven) didn’t pay homage to the 1910s – the decade in which Jean Patou was founded – but instead took style cues from the later years of the designer’s life, the '30s.