Inspiration: For Women Only
Yves Saint Laurent was born in 1936 in Algeria and died in June 2008.
Having won the first prize in the International Wool Secretariat contest in 1954, he went to work for Christian Dior as a young designer.
After Diors death in 1957, Saint Laurent became Haute Couture designer. The following year saw him win the Neiman-Marcus [...]
Jeanne-Marie Lanvin (1 January 1867, Paris – 6 July 1946 Paris) was a French fashion designer and the founder of the Lanvin fashion house. When Lanvin died in 1946, ownership of the firm was naturally ceded to the designer’s daughter, Marguerite di Pietro.
In 1909, Lanvin joined the Syndicat de la Couture, which marked her formal [...]
Fashion Designer Hubert de Givenchy was born to a wealthy family 1927 in Beauvais, France. He stands an impressive 6′ 6″ inches in height.
He studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and his first job in fashion was for Jacques Fath in Paris in 1945.
He then worked briefly for Robert Piguet and [...]
Gaspard Yurkievich was born in Paris in 1972 and studied at the Bercot Studio. He is part of a new generation of designers to emerge from Paris in the 1990′s.
These new designers combine the creativity of London with France’s fashion heritage. The results are startling.
Gaspard took an internship with Thierry Mugler and then with Jean [...]
Christian Dior (1905-1957) was born in Normandy, France.
Having studied political science, Dior began his design career selling sketches of his hat designs as these were being better received than his dress designs.
He was hired by Robert Piguet in 1938 and during the war served in the South of France.
Returning again to Paris in 1941 he [...]
“Couture brought me happiness, they were the best years of my life,” Madame Carven recalls with a smile at a celebration to mark her approaching 100th birthday in 2009. A diminutive 1.55m (five foot one) in her stockinged feet, for half a century she was the favourite designer of petite women.
In recognition of her [...]
Louis Féraud (13 February 1921 – 28 December 1999) was a French fashion designer.
In 1950, Louis Féraud created his first “Maison de Couture” in Cannes and by 1955 had established a Couture House in Paris on the rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré.
From the mid 50s he was dressing the Parisian elite and designed the wardrobe [...]
Agnès b was born Agnès Troublé in Versailles, France in 1941.
She graduated from Versailles’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts and started her fashion career as a junior editor at French Elle. Agnes B went on to become an assistant to Dorothée Bis.
Having worked as a freelance fashion designer for Limitex, Pierre d’Alby, V de V and Eversbin, [...]
Jean-Paul Gaultier was born in 1952 and started his career in 1970 at Pierre Cardin.
He set up his own label in 1976, creating clothing that owed more to contemporary culture than Parisian couture.
He created his first collection for women in 1983 followed by a mens collection in 1985.
Once dubbed the ‘enfant terrible’ of the [...]
Dominique Sirop was born in January 1956 and is a French fashion designer and grand couturier.
Dominique Sirop joined the House of Yves Saint Laurent at the age of 17.
He then assisted Hubert de Givenchy for 12 years. From 1989 until 1996, he designed for Hanae Mori.
In 1989, he publishes a book on the [...]
