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Jacques Doucet (other)
Jacques Doucet may refer to: * Jacques Doucet (fashion designer) (1853–1929), French fashion designer * Jacques Doucet (sportscaster) (born 1940), French-Canadian sportscaster for the Montreal Expos * Jacques Doucet (sailor) Jacques Doucet (19 February 1853 in Paris – 30 October 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was the crew member of the French boat ''Favorite 1'', which won two silver medals in the races ..., French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics * (1924–1994), French surrealist painter {{hndis, name=Doucet, Jacques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Doucet (fashion Designer)
Jacques Doucet () (1853–1929) was a French fashion designer and art collector. He is known for his elegant dresses, made with flimsy translucent materials in superimposing pastel colors. Life Doucet was born in Paris in 1853 to a prosperous family whose lingerie and linens business, Doucet Lingerie, had flourished in the Rue de la Paix since 1816. In 1871, Doucet opened a salon selling ladies' apparel. An enthusiastic collector of eighteenth-century furniture, objets d'art, paintings, and sculptures, many of his gowns were strongly influenced by this opulent era. Beginning in 1912, the fashions of Jacques Doucet were illustrated in the fashion magazine ''La Gazette du Bon Ton'' with six other leading Paris designers of the day – Louise Chéruit, Georges Doeuillet, Jeanne Paquin, Paul Poiret, Redfern & Sons, and the House of Charles Worth. His most original designs were those he created for actresses of the time. Cécile Sorel, Rejane and Sarah Bernhardt (for whom he design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Doucet (sportscaster)
Jacques Doucet (born March 8, 1940) is a Canadian radio announcer of baseball in the . He broadcast games for every year of the team's existence, from 1969 to 2004. He is currently the French play-by-play voice of the on |
Jacques Doucet (sailor)
Jacques Doucet (19 February 1853 in Paris – 30 October 1929 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was the crew member of the French boat ''Favorite 1'', which won two silver medals in the races of the 2 to 3 ton class. He also participated in the Open class, but did not finish the race. A memoir by the French painter Charles Picart Le Doux suggests that Doucet did not survive World War I. Picart Le Doux, Charles (1953). ''Monelle de Montmartre'', preface by Pierre Mac Orlan Pierre Mac Orlan, sometimes written MacOrlan (born Pierre Dumarchey, February 26, 1882 – June 27, 1970), was a French novelist and songwriter. His novel ''Quai des Brumes'' was the source for Marcel Carné's 1938 film of the same name, starring ..., illustrations by the author, Paris, 1953, p. 42: "Many, like dear Doucet, had disappeared, were dead." Further reading * References External links * French male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1900 S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
