Trigère

Pauline (1912). French dressmaker. More than a designer of women’s outfits, she was a true craftswoman. She was born in Paris, moved to New York in 1937, after completing her studies and working in her father’s dressmaking boutique and in Armand’s dressmaking boutique. In the United States, she worked for Ben Gersel, Travis Banton and the Hattie Carnegie Fashion House. She founded the House of Trigère in 1942. She was famous for her little outfits with slim silhouettes, skirt just down to the knee. She was also renowned for her choice of fabrics, which she always merged into a singular, pioneering mix, and for her outfits in tulle with appliqués of embroidered flowers.