Clothing and Textiles: Bias Cut Silk Wedding Gown with Six Foot Train from the 1930s New Canaan Museum and Historical Society THE ELEGANCE OF THE 1930's BIAS CUT GOWN The bias cut of material, a mode introduced in the 1920s by the French couturiere Madeleine Vionnet, was widely adopted in the 1930s and very late 1920s 1930s rayon satin sleeveless evening dress with mock After Number Nine 1930s bias cut dress Black and White Stock Photos & Images Alamy