Grès
French grand couturier
Madame Grès (1903–1993), also known as Alix Grès and Alix, was a leading French couturier and costume designer, founder of haute couture fashion house Grès as well as the associated Parfums Grès. Remembered as the "Sphinx of Fashion", Grès was notoriously secretive about her personal life and was seen as a workaholic with a furious attention to detail, preferring to let her work do the talking.2
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Born Nov 30, 1903, died Nov 24, 1993.1
About
Grès, best known for her floor-length draped Grecian goddess gowns, is noted as the "master of the wrapped and draped dress" and the "queen of drapery". Grès's minimalistic draping techniques and her attention to and respect for the female body have had a lasting effect on the haute couture and fashion industry, inspiring a number of recent designers.
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Companies
Early life and education
Early life
Grès was born Germaine Émilie Krebs to a middle-class French Jewish family and raised in Paris, France. Early in life, she studied painting and sculpting. Grès originally dreamed of becoming a sculptor, but after many objections made by her family she shifted her interests towards the art of fashion design and clothing making. Using her formal training in sculpture, Grès was able to apply her sculpting techniques to her fabric forms. Grès's first job in the industry of fashion was as a woman's hat maker, where she excelled, until she began focusing on couture dressmaking. After distinguishing her area of interest, Grès received her early training in haute couture dressmaking at the fashion house Maison Premet, a house known for requiring extreme perfection.
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Career
Occupation: fashion designer, designer, businessperson, costume designer, grand couturier.4
Personal life
- BornNov 30, 1903, 17th arrondissement of Paris5 6
- DiedNov 24, 1993, La Valette-du-Var7 8
- CitizenshipFrance9
- SpouseSerge Gres married 19378 10
Marriage and children
Madame Grès married Serge Czerefkov, a Russian painter, in the late 1930s. The two had one daughter named Anne at some point during their marriage. Grès's daughter is most notable for concealing her mother's death in 1993 for over a year and forging Grès's handwriting in documents.
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Awards
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- 1WikidataGrès on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGrès on Wikipedia
- 3WikidataGrès: Founded Grès, on Wikidata
- 4WikidataGrès: occupation, on Wikidata
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- 8Wikidataplace of death, as reported
- 9WikidataGrès: citizenship, on Wikidata
- 10WikidataGrès: spouse, on Wikidata
- 11WikidataGrès: award, on Wikidata
- 12Wikidataaward, as reported
- 13Wikidataaward, as reported by Légifrance
- 14WikidataGrès: IMDb, on Wikidata
- 15WikidataGrès, Founder