André courrèges mini skirt
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andré courrèges
”patrimony”
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andré courrèges
A name, a man, a philosophy and “actions”
André Courrèges was born in Pau in 1923. A keen sportsman, with a great interest in architecture, he attended the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, before going to Paris.
In 1948, he met Monsieur Balenciaga and joined his Couture house in 1950. There he met Coqueline, his “complementary creativity”, with whom he opened his Couture house in 1961. The trouser suit in 1962, the little white dress in 1965… His spare, structured style offered woman a new life style.
In 1967, he invented “Couture Future”, designed to be made for as many women as possible while keeping the “Haute Couture” quality, which was sold in his own boutiques.
The Second Peau/Second Skin tights came into being in 1969, followed by his first perfume, Empreinte, and the futuristic “dress-making” factory in Pau in 1972. In 1980, he extended his research to design and defined concepts associated with the human being’s everyday surroundings. In 1982 he came up with La Cité Lum
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André Courrèges
French fashion designer (1923–2016)
André Courrèges (French:[andʁekuʁɛʒ]; 9 March 1923 – 7 January 2016) was a French fashion designer. He was particularly known for his streamlined 1960s designs influenced by modernism and futurism, exploiting modern technology and new fabrics. Courrèges defined the go-go boot and along with Mary Quant, is one of the designers credited with inventing the miniskirt.
Early life
Courrèges was born in the city of Pau within the Bearnese region of the Pyrenees.[1] He wanted to pursue design in art school but his father, a butler, disapproved of his passion as he wanted him to be an engineer. Courrèges attended École Nationale des Ponts-et-Chaussées (École des ponts ParisTech).[2] During World War II, he became a pilot for the French Air Force.[3]
Career
Early beginnings
In 1945, at 22, after studying to be a civil engineer, Courrèges went to Paris to work at the fashion houseJeanne Lafaurie.[4] A few months later, he went to work for Cristóbal Bal
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SPAGE-AGE COUTURE BY ANDRÉ COURRÈGES 1964-1969
Elle photographed by Peter Knapp, 1965
Sunday Times Cover, photographed by Peter Knapp, 1965
The early 1960s had a strong futuristic spirit. With the Cold War and the space race underway, reaching for the stars no longer seemed impossible. Designers incorporated the spirit of this new era into their designs.
Elle photographed by Peter Knapp, 1965
The space age, combined with the second-wave feminism, offered more practical clothes for the modern working woman, who had evolved from the 1950s housewife. The literally constricting fashions of the previous decade, with their corsets and girdles, gave way to more liberating and androgynous clothing, striving for equality.
Vogue, photographed by William Klein, 1965
André Courrèges, a French designer with an degree in engineering, worked as an assistant to Christóbal Balenciaga for 10 years before launching his own label in 1961. Influenced by modernism and futurism, he and used new fabrics and modern technology in his designs. He designed clothes that could move, and focused on
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