Jeanne Paquin

Jeanne Paquin (* 1869, † 1936) was one of the first fashion designers. You certain about three decades with the fashion events of their time. Became famous their fur-trimmed costumes and coats.

After training as a seamstress in a famous Parisian fashion house founded in 1891 Jeanne Paquin her own fashion house. She was supported by her husband, a banker, who also took over the management of her salon. Her clients included celebrities like the Queen of Belgium and Wallis Simpson. In 1900 she was the chairman of the fashion show organization of the Paris World's Fair, she also served temporarily as president of the " Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne". Because of their contribution to the French economy, she was awarded in 1913 with the Cross of the Legion of Honor and was the first woman to receive this recognition.

In their activities, they already moved in 1920 back again. However, the fashion house founded by her still existed until 1954.

Input was Jeanne Paquin in the literature. Marcel Proust mentions the fashion designer in his novel In Search of Lost Time. There declared one of the novel's characters at a discussion about elegance that apart from the Callot sisters and Doucet, Chéruit and -. Albeit with the restrictive information " sometimes " - Jeanne Paquin - was only horrible couturiers