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PART 1 PART 2 ORIGIN CONTEMPORARY › 17th century: › Louis XIV 20th century: Chanel, Dior, YSL › 18th century: Women of Revolution

› 19th century: Belle Époque

Charismatic King

Great Sense of Style

Huge Ego: Himself & France

Fab French For Granted?

French Food Les Cafés Chic Diamonds Le Champagne

LUXURY INDUSTRY:

Wealth Prestige Power

Louis XIV Colbert

1 Imports Lower than Exports

2 Made in France

3 Follow the King’s Style

MARKETING: Press, Doll, Shopping

› Fashion magazine › National / International public › Invention of Fashion Season

Exact outfits replicas

Shipped all over Europe & US

Women waiting for their dolls

Tailors to your house

Keep clothes for years

Designers on Rue St Honoré

I want to be seen!

Still High Fashion street

HOW MUCH MORE MONEY?

No more rigid fashion

Layers, tight, bound, laced

Sexy = Casual

Woman body more accessible

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Deshabillé: Boudoir or Bed time for day wear

Mantua: Coat looks like dress but easier to take off…

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Marie-Antoine: European Fashion Icon

Expatriate French Women set the tone

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Chanel Dior YSL

Convent education

Day: seamstress

Night: cabaret performer

Ashamed of her past?

Revolutionized Women’s Fashion

Two Tone Pumps

Striped Sailor Shirt Quilted Bag Chanel Suit

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Picasso Duke of Westminster

Category 1: respectable

Category 2: prostitute

New Category 3: liberated spirit

What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5, of course.

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Chanel’s suite Affair with SS Officer Chanel, Nazi agent at the Ritz Baron Von Dincklage or selfish survivor?

Comes back in 1954

Starts again at 71

Not happy with…

Today: 300 Chanel stores worldwide

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“Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.”

“Fashion fades, only style remains the same.”

“Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.”

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1910: Family moved to Paris

1928: Dior opens art gallery with friend

1931: Great Depression ruins family

Starts working in Fashion

WW2: Works for other designers

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Dior said "I have designed flower women."

What about Chanel?

Boned bodices, Hip Padding, Corsets, Petticoats

Women back to decoration

Dior hated war fashion

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WW2 Ration Of Fabric Economy Ruined

Statement of opulence

Big dream

Not phased by economy

Paris center for Fashion again

The expansion begins with the first oversea boutique in New York 75% 5% of French Fashion of Total French Exports Exports

“In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.”

“A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.”

“My dream is to save women from nature.”

His 21 years old assistant becomes boss…

Daring genius

Vision

Depression

Duality

Street Wear Tuxedos Pea Coat Peasant Blouse

“He was born with a nervous breakdown”

- Pierre Bergé

Partners in life...... partners in business

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2 shows for 2 shows for Haute Couture Ready to Wear

What about today?

Carla Audrey Marion Bruni Tautou Cotillard

Vanessa Charlotte Lou Paradis Gainsbour Doillon

Make-up Bling

Fashion victim Full outfit Accessories

October 12 French Feminism

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