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Philippe (1931). French designer. Born in Lyons, he began to work early as an apprentice to a local tailor, Pierre Court. He moved to Paris, in 1951, where he worked as a tailor and cutter for, first, Fath, and then Schiaparelli and later Givenchy. In 1962, he opened his own maison of high fashion and, the following year, he converted to prêt-à-porter. His outfits, “with nothing superfluous,” as he likes to say, had a simple and well-tailored line. In 1985, he won the Dé d’Or. The maison ceased operation in 1994.