Tag: designer
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Gaultique
Late last month I had the opportunity to visit “La Planète mode de Jean Paul Gaultier. De la rue aux Ă©toiles / The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk” at the MusĂ©e des Beaux-Arts de MontrĂ©al. (Overheard in the “Ă€ fleur de peau/Skin Deep” room: a father telling the…
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Mad Men Era 2: The Old Guard II
This week my series on Mad Men-era designer patterns continues with four designers who established their labels between the early 1940s and 1950: Jacques Griffe, Pauline Trigère, Pierre Balmain, and Pierre Cardin. Jacques Griffe (1917-1974) Jacques Griffe was born in the medieval city of Carcassonne, France. After two apprenticeships, first with a tailor and then…
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