With resources in short supply, Lucien Lelong, then president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, banded together 40 couturiers (Balenciaga, Schiaparelli, Paquin, Jean Patou, Herms, Madame Grs, and Nina Ricci among them) for a collaborative fashion show of dolls (smaller bodies meant less fabric!) that would travel the world
Honestly this is the most time consuming step
With a faux-wrap skirt, this fancy long dress flows away from the hips, opens in a side slit, and flows to the floor in an a-line shape
But over the years, the run has inspired a larger, unofficial festival of folks who costume in red fashion simply to celebrate the day in the French Quarter
In other words, the essential A to Z of all the styles, fabric, quality, etc., that you can go for to turn your dream into a reality
Serve in bowls topped with some pine nuts or seeds and extra herbs