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Durst André (1907-1949). French photographer. His pictures are closely connected to the formation of Surrealism. He has also worked for Vogue.
Durst André (1907-1949). French photographer. His pictures are closely connected to the formation of Surrealism. After arriving in Paris from Marseilles, he met often with Cocteau and Bérard. In 1934, he documented the Patou collection for French Vogue. Two years later, the magazine put him in charge of the photo department. They also made him responsible for photo features on the work of the great Parisian tailors from Balenciaga to Rochas.
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Aujard Christian (1941-1977). French entrepreneur. In partnership with a group of designers he created a line of prêt-à-porter under his own name.
Aujard Christian (1941-1977). French entrepreneur. Aujard in partnership with a group of designers he created a line of prêt-à-porter under his own name. It featured soft and somewhat oversize jackets for men, ample overcoats and long skirts for women. He died after a fall while horseback riding and left the brand in the hands of his wife Michèle and the designer Jeff Sayre. Sayre had been with the house since 1973. For the last ten years the brand has been part of the firm Alex Cini B., which distributes mainly in the Orient and has a boutique in rue de Tournon in Paris.
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Alphonsine . French hat firm founded by the designer of the same name towards the end of the 1800s. She became the top milliner during the Belle Époque.
Alphonsine. French hat firm founded by the designer of the same name towards the end of the 1800s. Madame Alphonsine became the top milliner during the Belle Époque. That’s when the hat was transformed into a triumph of feathers, egrets, and bulk.
She arrived in Paris at the age of 15 and became an apprentice to Madame André. It was a good way to learn the business. She was then offered the position of manager at a smaller fashion house. Alphonsine worked there for 20 years. She took every opportunity to improve herself, with travel, visits to museums, and the careful study of costume in paintings. She was such an extraordinary self-taught woman that, at the beginning of the 1900s, when fashion began to look to the remote past for its inspiration, she, better than her contemporaries, had the ability to interpret and understand that trend. In 1888 she opened her own atelier and then in 1904 moved it to rue de la Paix, at the time the height of elegance.
Attesting to her supreme quality is the location of her atelier maker on the rue de la Paix, the premier shopping street in Paris, on the same block as the top couturiers of the day, Paquin.
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Albane Camille (1943). French hairdresser. She began to work in 1965 with Jacques Dessange and with him opened the first Camille Albane salon.
Albane Camille (1943). French hairdresser. She began to work in 1965 with Jacques Dessange and with him opened the first Camille Albane salon in 1969. She develops a network of franchises, following the example of her teacher, who was the first to introduce it to the world of hairdressers. Furthermore she concluded an exclusive agreement for the Avon line. She is famous for her colors, above all for a certain red dye obtained from natural ingredients.
Alain Manoukian (1946), French designer, he founded the eponymous brand in 1973. Today it is distributed and known worldwide.
Alain Manoukian. Prêt-à-porter fashion brand known and widespread throughout the world, from the USA to Japan, from Europe to Russia. Alain Manoukian is a French designer, born in 1946 in Marseille, he opened his first shop in 1973. Six years later he started distributing his collections in department stores.
.Madame Agnès was considered the master of the art deco hat. Agnès made her apprenticeship in the atelier of Caroline Reboux.
Agatha represents the basic of bijou: two collections a year with a very fashionable imprint, but with a low cost. Born in 1974 in Paris.
Agatha. French jewellery shop. It presents the basics: two yearly, very trendy, but not too expensive Collections. Opened in Paris in 1974 based on an idea by Michel Quiniou, by 1990 it had 20 boutiques in France. By 1993 the points of sale numbered 130, of which 40 were abroad. By 1998 there were 160 in the most important cities in the world.
The firm’s logo makes the shops immediately recognizable. Their official color is blue. At the end of 2000, Agatha had 178 boutiques in 19 countries worldwide.
Several boutiques are opened in the U.S. Among the most prestigious are those on Madison Avenue in New York, in Beverly Hills and in Las Vegas. There are two shops are in Moscow and eleven Japanese cities have at least one point of sale, some having more.
Adolphe Lafont. Brand of work clothing launched in France by 1896 by a tailor. Today the brand dresses many workers throughout France
Adolphe Lafont. Brand of work clothing launched in France by 1896 by a tailor of that name in Lyon following his invention of “la poche mètre”. It is a pocket sewn over the pants waist for his father-in-law, a carpenter, who didn’t know where to put his tape measure. Overalls soon followed from this. In 1975 Vogue America dedicated a cover to Lafont’s colored overalls and they soon became the fashion.
Adam. Men’s fashion magazine launched in France in 1925. A year later it referred to itself as the “magazine of rue de la Paix.”
Adam. Men’s fashion magazine launched in France in 1925. A year later it referred to itself as the “magazine of rue de la Paix.” At the time, that street was the symbol for luxury in Paris. For reasons of good taste, it urged caution in the embrace of innovation and oddities. Taken over in 1960 by Condé Nast, it had several ups and downs, changed its name twice (Nouvel Adam and Men Adam) and in 1973 closed for good.
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