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Guy Laroche
French couturier
Quick Facts
- Born:
- July 16, 1921, La Rochelle, France
- Died:
- Feb. 17, 1989, Paris (aged 67)
Guy Laroche (born July 16, 1921, La Rochelle, France—died Feb. 17, 1989, Paris) was a French couturier known for designing elegant fashions at moderate prices. From 1949 Laroche trained under the Paris designer Jean Dessès and, he studied production and marketing techniques on a 1955 trip to the New York City garment district. In 1957 he showed his first solo collection in Paris, and four years later he opened a boutique for a new ready-to-wear line. In the late 1960s he launched a line of menswear and the first of many successful perfumes, but in the 1970s he stopped personally ...(100 of 139 words)