Fashion Icons Encyclopedia. André Courrèges

He is one of the most significant and progressive creators in the design business of the twentieth century.

Brought into the world in 1923 in Pau, a town close to the French Pyrenees, and enthusiastic with regards to calculation, André Courrèges concentrated on structural designing. There he got comfortable with the essentials of design.

In his mid twenties he moved to Paris and soon after, in 1950, he began working at Balenciaga, where he prepared as a style creator. In 1961 he chose to make his own mark along with his indistinguishable aide Coqueline (whom he would wind up wedding).

Theirs was an exceptional insurgency that turned various social shows topsy turvy and brought sci-fi into design. It advanced a plan in light of reasonable materials -, for example, PVC-that brought prêt-à-doorman nearer to the road, raised the trim of skirts and added to female liberation. "We never again stroll through life. We should run, dance. You drive a vehicle, you fly. Your garments should have the option to move as well," he announced.

Modern and pop originator second to none, Catherine Deneuve and Jane Birkin, the model Twiggy or the vocalist Françoise Hardy were a portion of his most renowned customers.

In 1984, Courrèges offered his firm to a gathering of Japanese financial backers. Notwithstanding the endeavors of his significant other, Coquelines, to relaunch the firm, it vanished authoritatively in 2002.

In 2011, Jacques Bungert and Frédéric Torloting assume responsibility for the name. They employ originators from Coperni, Sébastian Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant to get Courrèges back on the catwalks. "For his entire life, André Courrèges, along with Coqueline, advanced constantly or creating things to consistently remain at the bleeding edge. They were a few visionaries who thought about what the 21st century would resemble and put stock underway. That keeps Courrèges present day today", announced the new proprietors.

Experiencing Parkinson's, the architect of things to come, André Courrèges, kicked the bucket toward the start of 2016. Among his innumerable heritage, the miniskirt, the pantacourt (privateer jeans) or his godlike white minidresses