Marc Bohan

Bohan was born in Paris and grew up in Sceaux. As a child, he was encouraged into fashion by his mother, who worked as a milliner.

After school at the Lycée Lakanal, in 1945 he secured a job at Robert Piguet where he remained for four years.

In 1949, he accepted a job as an assistant to Edward Molyneux. He worked as a designer for Madeleine de Rauch in 1952, before briefly opening his own Paris salon and producing one collection in 1953. In 1954, Bohan was offered a job at Jean Patou, designing the haute couture collection, where he stayed until 1958. In 1991, he was appointed for two years as guest-professor for fashion design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria.

Bohan's first wife, Dominique Gaborit, whom he married in 1950, died in a car accident in June 1962. He then married Huguette Rinjonneau. They had one daughter: Marie-Anne.

Bohan made a home at a restored 18th-century country house in Châtillon-sur-Seine, Burgundy.

He died at his home on 6 September 2023, at the age of 97.