biography
pronunciation:
[pwaray]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1879–1944)
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| biography:
| Fashion designer, born in Paris, France. The son of a cloth merchant, he started to make sketches and sell them, eventually joining Jacques Doucet in 1896, and later Worth. In 1904 he set up on his own. He loosened and softened women's clothes, producing a more natural outline; his ‘hobble’ skirt became famous. In 1914 he was the first president of Le Syndicat de Défence de la Grande Couture Française, formed to protect the copyright of couturiers. |
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