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Grès was born Germaine Émilie Krebs to a middle-class French Jewish family [7] and raised in Paris, France. Early in life, she studied painting and sculpting. [8] Grès originally dreamed of becoming a sculptor, but after many objections made by her family she shifted her interests towards the art of fashion design and clothing making. [6]
Poiret illustrations by Paul Iribe, 1908 Poiret harem pants and sultana skirts, 1911 Model in a Poiret dress, 1914 Model in a Poiret suit, 1914. Paul Poiret (20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944, Paris, France) [1] was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century.
A couturier may make what is known as haute couture. [15] Such a person usually hires patternmakers and machinists for garment production, and is either employed by exclusive boutiques or is self-employed. [citation needed] The couturier Charles Frederick Worth is widely considered the father of haute couture as it is known today.
Jean Paul Gaultier [a] (French: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl ɡotje]; born 24 June 1952) [1] is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer.. He is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is known for his unconventional designs with motifs including corsets, marinières, and tin cans.
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Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (/ ʃ ə ˈ n ɛ l / shə-NEL, French: [ɡabʁijɛl bɔnœʁ kɔko ʃanɛl] ⓘ; 19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) [2] was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the ...
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
Couturier is the French-language occupational surname, literally meaning "seamster"/"couturier" Notable people with the surname include: Catherine Couturier (born 1959), French politician; Clément Couturier (born 1993), French footballer; E. A. Couturier (1869–1950), American cornet player and inventor; Paul Couturier (1881–1953), French ...