I've always loved bias cut dresses and after years of wanting one I made my own. : r sewing What Does a Bias Cut Mean in Formalwear? DIORA Bias Cut Long Linen Slip Dress Love and Confuse Madeleine Vionnet is typically credited with inventing bias cutting. It's actually untrue. Cutting on the bias had been in use long before, typically for things like ruffles, and by the start of The bias cut a celebration of craftsmanship In the early 20th century, women's fashion underwent a radical transformation with the advent of the bias cut, pioneered by the visionary French designer