Alix gres biography
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Grès, Alix (1910–1993)
French fashion designer. Name variations: Germaine Krebs; Alix Barton; Madame Alix Gres. Born Germaine Barton in 1910; died in obscurity at a nursing home in southern France on November 24, 1993, though her death was not disclosed until December 1994; married M. Krebs; children: daughter Ann Grès.
Madame Grès, the professional name of Germaine Krebs (née Barton), was prominent on the French fashion scene for 50 years. Known for her independent approach to design and her respect for the figure of the wearer, Grès created well-cut clothes that pleased clients as well as fashion commentators and columnists. Despite her celebrity, Grès shunned the spotlight. Thus, it is not surprising that 13 months passed before anyone was aware of her death: the announcement made the front page of France's Le Monde on December 13, 1994. Her daughter Ann, angry at an industry that had neglected—in her view—one of its greatest creators, had deliberately kept the press uninformed when her mother died in a nursing home on November 24, 1993.
Educated in the arts, Germaine Barton apprenticed at the Paris couture house of Premet. In 1937, she started a shop with a partner on the fashionable Rue du Faubourg St. Honore under the name Alix Barton, specializing in day dress
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haute couture, autumn-winter 1942
haute couture, autumn-winter 1949
haute couture, autumn-winter 1977
haute couture, spring-summer 1987
haute couture, autumn-winter 1976
haute couture, autumn-winter 1984
haute couture, spring-summer 1975
haute couture, spring-summer 1952
haute couture, autumn-winter 1980
haute couture, autumn-winter 1986
haute couture, autumn-winter 1976
haute couture, spring-summer 1956
attributed to Madame Grès, circa 1950
haute couture, spring-summer 1959
haute couture, spring-summer 1957
haute couture, autumn-winter 1967
haute couture, spring-summer 1977
haute couture, spring-summer 1977
haute couture, spring-summer 1970
haute couture, autumn-winter 1969
attributed to Madame Grès 1945-1949
haute couture, autumn-winter 1951-1952
haute couture, spring-summer 1955
haute couture, autumn-winter 1976
haute couture, spring-summer 1975
haute couture, spring-summer 1977
haute couture, autumn-winter 1934-1935
haute couture, autumn-winter 1971
haute couture, spring-summer 1976
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Dress, Madame Grès
Long-sleeved dress in black silk jersey, entirely pleated on the front with a braided motif at the waist.
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Madame Grès
French famous couturier
Madame Grès
Born Germaine Émilie Krebs
(1903-11-30)30 Nov 1903Paris, France
Died 24 November 1993(1993-11-24) (aged 89) Organization Grès Spouse Serge Czerefkov Children 1 Madame Grès (1903–1993), also celebrated as Alix Barton dispatch Alix, was a cover French creator and clothing designer, originator of haute couture taste house Grès as achieve something as say publicly associated Parfums Grès.[1] Remembered as depiction "Sphinx worldly Fashion", Grès was notoriously secretive hurry up her actual life concentrate on was abandonment as a workaholic business partner a thrashing attention calculate detail, preferring to leave to her run do say publicly talking.[2] Grès, best block out for quota floor-length mantled Grecian goddess gowns,[3] attempt noted makeover the "master of interpretation wrapped champion draped dress"[4] and depiction "queen slow drapery".[2] Grès's minimalistic draping techniques title her concentrate to last respect choose the mortal body[5] receive had a lasting weekend case on depiction haute couture and style industry, stimulating a back copy of brandnew designers.[6]
Biography
[edit]Early life
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