Drew Henry was announced as the new artistic director of the house
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André Courrèges
André Courrèges 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. He founded the Courrèges fashion house alongside his wife Coqueline Courrèges.
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business · French fashion designer (1923–2016) · grand couturier · engineer · businessperson · aircraft pilot · fashion designer · also André Courrèges, Courrèges
Born 9 March 1923 · Died 7 January 2016 · Q465447
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2018· 1 entry
Groupe Artemis became the majority shareholder of the brand
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2016· 1 entry
Died 2016-01-07.
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2014· 1 entry
Groupe Artemis, the personal investment vehicle of François-Henri Pinault, purchased a minority stake in Courrège
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2011· 1 entry
André and Coqueline Courrèges sold the Courrèges brand for more than 10 million euros ($13
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1995· 1 entry
Following their successful reclamation of the brand in 1994 despite several ownership changes
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1984· 1 entry
Courrèges designed the Peugeot "Courrèges" bicycle, a limited-edition model in two colourways – pale blue, and white with pink colour pops, and with matching panniers, chain guard, handlebar grips and mudguards, with Stu
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1978· 2 entries
And '79, signs appeared among the avant-garde and then mainstream designers of a sixties revival, and Courrèges reintroduced some of his most famous styles from the mid-sixties, adding more primary color for interest
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Changed to putting only his name, spelled out, on the outside of his clothes instead
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1974· 1 entry
To the calf in 1977), softening his silhouette via some fuller cuts, reflecting trends in trouser shape by showing flared pants in the early seventies and pegged pants toward the end of the period, employing layering, in
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1972· 1 entry
But the dancing was gone by the end of 1973, and the shows were more subdued by the end of the decade
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1971· 1 entry
Introduced a bare cut to some of his tops that resembled the top of overalls, with an open-sided front panel and loose straps over the shoulders, a style he would continue to show through the mid-seventies
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1970· 3 entries
A second, even lower-priced ready-to-wear line was added called Hyperbole, as Courrèges continued to be concerned about the accessibility of his work
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The year the fashion world tried to impose calf-length hemlines on everyone, Courrèges included knee lengths, calf lengths, and ankle lengths in both his daywear and eveningwear, though minis and microminis still dominat
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Showed some boots with fuller shafts, as boot trends were moving in that direction in the new decade
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1969· 1 entry
When he showed some calf-length evening dresses that were just extended versions of his shorter dress shapes
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1968· 2 entries
Courrèges sold a share of his company to L'Oréal in order to finance his expansion, which, by 1972, included 125 boutiques around the world
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Introduced his first purse designs to his ready-to-wear line, and in 1969 his first swimsuits
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1967· 2 entries
Courrèges married Coqueline Barrière, his design assistant
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Included a jumpsuit with harem legs and when in 1969 he showed a few pairs of full, knee-length pants that he called knickers, a trouser trend of the time, but his were full enough to look like bloomers, zouaves, or c
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1965· 1 entry
But now cut somewhat more like jean jackets in both short-sleeve and long-sleeved styles, a style he would present well into the 1970s
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1964· 2 entries
And '65, now having them smile and dance onstage, usually to percussive jazz music, instead of striding soberly, a feature that he would maintain until 1973
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As he presented occasional infant-style rompers and his models painted big freckles on their faces and wore their hair in little girl-style ponytails on either side of the head
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1963· 1 entry
Began to be known for extremely simple, geometric, modern designs, knee-baring skirts, trousers for women, and a predilection for white, including the "little white dress
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1961· 2 entries
Courrèges launched his own fashion house
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (1961–2011).
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1945· 1 entry
At 22, after studying to be a civil engineer, Courrèges went to Paris to work at the fashion house Jeanne Lafaurie
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1923· 1 entry
Born 1923-03-09.
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