Jeanne Lanvin
Jeanne Lanvin, Jeanne -Marie Lanvin actually, (* 1867 in Paris, † July 6, 1946 in Le Vésinet ) was a French fashion designer. Named after her surname, internationally renowned fashion companies Lanvin exists to this day.
Madame Lanvin
As the oldest of 11 children of Bernard -Constant Lanvin Jeanne Lanvin and Sophie Deshayes Blanche grew up in modest circumstances. After a commenced with 16 years teaching in Paris as a milliner at Madame Félix and working as a milliner at Talbot in 1889, she opened a private millinery in the Paris fashion street of Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honoré. This is considered the founding year of the house Lanvin. In 1895 she married the Italian Count Emilio di Pietro, with whom she had a daughter and they divorced in 1903. It began after her divorce initially for her daughter Marguerite, called Marie- Blanche (1897-1958), and her youngest sister colorful to tailor for that time unusual motion-friendly hanger dress, for which they also found buyers among affluent buyers of their hats. In 1907 she married the journalist Xavier Melet.
Mme Lanvin quickly established himself on the huge demand for the created by her fashion and began in 1909 and creating women's fashion. In the same year she joined the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. The year 1909, therefore, is considered the founding year of the couture house Lanvin. Instead of drawing itself, or to drape, she instructed fashion illustrators to bring their designs to paper. Her studio in Paris' fashion district, they had to constantly expand. Lanvin's fashion was characterized by colorful, rich fabrics, youthful, feminine women's collections with matching designs for girls clothes, embroideries and artful craftsmanship. To this end she founded in 1923 its own dyeing in Nanterre. Classics are the so-called Lanvin blue ( lilac blue) and the Polignac Pink ( her daughter had in 1925 the Count Jean de Polignac married ). The playfully romantic Lanvin fashion with long robes ( robe de style ) and skirts stood in contrast to the emancipated - tight designs of their younger colleagues Coco Chanel and Jean Patou. Recurring motifs at Lanvin were satin ribbons, ruffles, taffeta or tulle decorations, floral pattern ( with preference daisies ), 1924 Mme Lanvin was nominated for their achievements in the field of fashion a Knight of the Legion of Honour. In the same year, it launched Lanvin sports with comfortable leisure clothes. Founded in 1924 as Lanvin perfumes should present over the years numerous fragrances under the name of Lanvin, the first was My Sin ( 1924). 1925 employed Mme Lanvin already 800 employees. 1926 was launched with Lanvin Tailleur - Chemisier the couture menswear collection. As one of the first haute couture houses had Mme Lavin with great organizational and business talent led fashion house a department of perfumes for men and for women's sports, fur and clothing for children. In addition, she moved with Lanvin Décoration from the early 1920s in the field of home textiles and home furnishings. The from it in 1927, two years after the classic Chanel N ° 5 perfume -created ' Arpege ' (based on the piano her daughter ) a classic in the perfume world and to this day is available. Among the customers, and friends of Jeanne Lanvin proposals included Marlene Dietrich. According to Jeanne Lanvin's death in 1946, the company was first carried on by her daughter Marie- Blanche.
The love of Jeanne Lanvin for her daughter, is still reflects in the logo of Lanvin, showing a stylized mother in a flowing robe, holding her little daughter shake hands. This Art Nouveau image was designed in 1927 as a bottle - painting for the Arpege perfume by Paul Iribe.