Madam gres biography
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“The tutelary spirit of fashion”, “the master of couture”, “the grande dame of the couturier world”… From her heyday in the 1930s to the present day, there has been no shortage of praise and respect for legendary couturière Madame Grès.
A contemporary of the 1920s-1930s generation of female couturier stars Chanel, Lanvin and Schiaparelli, Madame Grès remains a notable and incredibly influential figure in the world of fashion.
What makes Madame Grès so important to this day?
Simply put, she was a “sculptor of fabric”.
Madam gres biography
Although Madame Grès was from a bourgeois family, she ran away from home with dreams of becoming a sculptor. To support herself, she first started crafting the“toiles” of coats. However, the pieces of the would-be sculptor contained such a rich artistic quality, never before seen in Western clothing, that her talent would soon catch the eye of the director of the department store giant Macy’s.
From this point onwards, Madame Grès would step into the world