Born: Granville, France 1905 Died: Montecatini, Italy 1957 Born into a wealthy family, Dior was destined for a career in architecture. But, after studying political science at Ecole des Sciences Politiques
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Founded by Gaby Aghion and Jacques Lanoir in 1952 Egyptian-born Parisienne Gaby Aghion possessed a more bohemian feel to fashion than what the formal feminine style of the 50s offered. With this
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Born:Bourg-de-Péage, France, 1883 Died: Paris, France, 1976 Trained as a shoemaker, Charles Jourdan opened his first shoe shop in the centre of France’s shoe industry, Romans in the Drome region in
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Born: Sandhurst, England, 1906 Died: New York, U.S., 1978 Charles James briefly attended the University of Bordeaux before moving to Chicago where he began to design hats. In 1928 he
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Born: Lincolnshire, England, 1825 Died: Paris, France, 1895 Charles Frederick Worth was forced to work after his father died. Apprenticed to Swan & Edgar haberdashers aged 12, he began to
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