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Rochas is a fashion, beauty, and perfume house founded in 1925 [1] by French designer Marcel Rochas, the first designer of 2/3-length coats and skirts with pockets [2] and one of the two designers, along with Elsa Schiaparelli, who launched the fashion for padded shoulders in 1931. [3]
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In 1987, the brand diversified, releasing a collection of sunglasses and optical wear. [2] In 1988, the chain entered into a distribution agreement with US department store chain Nordstrom. Façonnable released a line of wristwatches in 1990. [2] Façonnable opened its first US boutique at 689 Fifth Avenue in New York City in October 1993. [3]
Cardin inaugurated his haute couture output in 1953 with his first collection of women's clothing and became a member of the Chambre Syndicale, a French association of haute couture designers. [14] The following year he opened his first boutique Eve , [ 14 ] and introduced the " bubble dress ", which is a short-skirted, bubble-shaped dress made ...
The reaction was mostly negative; The New York Times qualified the collection as "vulgar" and "hostile". [15] The French fashion editors criticized the election of McQueen as the creative director of Givenchy while the British press defended McQueen's work; The Independent stated that the designer "made a brave and admirable move". [16]
The association of France with fashion and style (la mode) is widely credited as beginning during the reign of Louis XIV [5] when the luxury goods industries in France came increasingly under royal control and the French royal court became, arguably, the arbiter of taste and style in Europe.
In 1987, Jean Touitou created a clothing line which would later become the A.P.C. brand. The clothes from this first menswear collection wear labels that only mention “HIVER 1987”. [ 1 ] It was only in 1989 that the labels referring to the seasons are replaced with A.P.C. labels, confirming the creation of the brand.
Founding fashion house Guy Laroche Guy Laroche cyclamen pink wool minidress , 1968 Rare jumpwatch designed by Laroche Guy Laroche ( French pronunciation: [ɡi laʁɔʃ] ) (16 July 1921 – 17 February 1989 [ 1 ] ) was a French fashion designer and founder of the eponymous company.