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Harry Benson Madame Grès with Models, Paris, 1973

Madame Grès

Madame Grès began a sculptor, born to a middle-class French family who discouraged her from pursuing this vocation. She took instead to millinery before working for Maison Premet, known for...

Madame Grès

Madame Grès began a sculptor, born to a middle-class French family who discouraged her from pursuing this vocation. She took instead to millinery before working for Maison Premet, known for...

Ted Lapidus

Ted Lapidus

Ted Lapidus was born in Paris, the son of a Russian-Jewish tailor. He studied medicine until 1950, when he gained the opportunity to briefly intern at Dior, after which he...

Ted Lapidus

Ted Lapidus was born in Paris, the son of a Russian-Jewish tailor. He studied medicine until 1950, when he gained the opportunity to briefly intern at Dior, after which he...

France Andrevie

France Andrevie

France Andrevie was a French-born designer who began her career in Belgium under the name Laurent Vicci. In 1976, she risked what little money she had and moved to Paris,...

France Andrevie

France Andrevie was a French-born designer who began her career in Belgium under the name Laurent Vicci. In 1976, she risked what little money she had and moved to Paris,...

Diana Dew

Diana Dew

After studying engineering in Florida, Diana Dew was accepted to UC Berkeley, where she was first immersed in the counterculture movement, with which she quickly became disillusioned, and moved back...

Diana Dew

After studying engineering in Florida, Diana Dew was accepted to UC Berkeley, where she was first immersed in the counterculture movement, with which she quickly became disillusioned, and moved back...

Models present creations of Ruben Torres, on March 22, 1973 in Paris. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Ruben Torres

Ruben Torres, a Dallas native, graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1952. After an internship with couturier Jules-François Crahay, he designed ski wear for Oregon sportswear brand White Stag until...

Ruben Torres

Ruben Torres, a Dallas native, graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1952. After an internship with couturier Jules-François Crahay, he designed ski wear for Oregon sportswear brand White Stag until...