Courreges, Andre

Andre Courreges
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Name	Courreges, Andre Gender: M
born on	9 March 1923 at 10:45 (= 10:45 AM )
Place	Pau, France, 43n18, 0w22
Timezone	GMT h0w (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Steinbrecher
Astrology data	17°51' 13°44 Asc. 21°32'

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Biography

French fashion designer with the most influential impact on his field since Dior's "New Look." The designer who future-shocked the style world fashioned his original ideas while growing up in the Pyrenees mountains. He became an engineer to please his dad before entering design in 1948. The son of a chateau majordomo and his wife, Andre set out for Paris at 22 to learn from the great Cristobal Balenciaga in 1950.

By 1961 he was designing his own line of haute couture. When he left Balenciaga to promote his own line, he took Coqueline Barriere with him. A lively, dark-haired woman, she became his partner, muse, and in 1966, his wife.

Slight, sensitive and mercurial in mood, he withdrew for a while in bitterness over fashion piracy in 1965, but returned to open his own house in 1967. That year, feeling that creativity was at a low point, he produced a spring-summer show that would make-or-break him, it was so innovative. When his models pranced down the runway in his new styles, they started a fashion revolution. The thigh-high skirts were so heart-stopping that they made the Parisian couture crowd gasp, and "la mini" was born. Within three hours of the show, the buzz swept the fashion world. (Later, London designer Mary Quant claimed to have originated the mini.)

Courreges limits his fashions to a small collection sold in his 14 boutiques but heads a licensing empire that reportedly grosses an annual $285 million with such products as champagne and gourmet foods. Wearing his trademark pink shirt and pants, oversize glasses and white boots, he is still thrilled by the excitement and danger of being on the cutting edge of fashion.

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Events

• Work : New Career 1948 (Started in the design field)

• Work : Gain social status 1961 (Designed his own line)

• Work : Retired 1965 (Withdrew from business, piracy)

• Work : New Job 1967 (Opened his own house of design)

• Relationship : Marriage 1966 (Coqueline Barriere)

Source Notes

B.C. in hand from Steinbrecher

Categories

• Vocation : Beauty : Designer/ Fashion (Courturier)

• Vocation : Business : Entrepreneur

• Lifestyle : Financial : Wealthy

• Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection

• Notable : Famous : Top 5% of Profession

• Family : Relationship : Mate - Noted (Coqueline)