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Coqueline Courrèges
Coqueline Courrèges (born Jacqueline Barrière, July 25, 1935) is a French dressmaker and co-founder of the Courrèges fashion house. Biography Coqueline Courrèges was born Jacqueline Barrière on July 25, 1935, in Hendaye, France. She arrived in Paris at the age of 14 to sit for her dress-making training certificate. In 1952, she joined Balenciaga, where she met André Courrèges. It was he who first began calling her Coqueline. She enrolled in the commercial dress-making register in 1955. In 1961, André and Coqueline Courrèges opened the André Courrèges Couture house, located at no. 48 Avenue Kléber, Paris. They presented their first collection of 29 pieces in Paris on August 1, 1961. Coqueline Courrèges was André Courrèges's "partner in creativity," with André acting as the "face of the company" and Coqueline ever-present in the "background." They were married in 1966. Their daughter, Marie, was born in 1970. Together with André, Coqueline popularised pure whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
