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André Courrèges (French: [andʁe kuʁɛʒ]; 9 March 1923 – 7 January 2016) was a French fashion designer. He was particularly known for his streamlined 1960s designs influenced by modernism and futurism, exploiting modern technology and new fabrics.
Jan 8, 2016 · André Courrèges, the French couturier and industry legend, passed away yesterday at the age of 92 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. As the founder and catalyst of the space-age ...
Jan 8, 2016 · The designer, who passed away yesterday at age 92 after battling Parkinson’s disease, preferred to bypass the archives and put his energy into innovative space-inspired looks. A former engineer, he had a lifelong fascination with science and technology, and called his studio his “secret laboratory.”.
Jan 9, 2016 · Jan. 8, 2016. André Courrèges, the French designer who brought the space age to the catwalk and into the closets of women like Catherine Deneuve and Jacqueline Kennedy, died on Thursday at his...
Jan 10, 2016 · PARIS — Fashion designers and politicians united to pay tribute to the vision of André Courrèges, the father of Space Age fashion, who died Jan. 7 at the age of 92 after a 30-year battle with...
André Courrèges (born March 9, 1923, Pau, France—died January 7, 2016, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a dress designer who first made a reputation in the Parisian fashion world of the 1960s for futuristic, youth-oriented styles. Courrèges wished to be an artist, but his father directed him into engineering, at which he was successful.
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Feb 16, 2016 · 16 February 2016. Designing clothes in the golden age of Concorde, moon landings and the space race, André Courrèges, who died in January aged 92, blazed a unique trail in the world of...
