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Marcel Boussac (17 April 1889 – 21 March 1980) was a French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior and one of the most successful thoroughbred race horse breeding farms in European history. Born in Châteauroux, Indre, France, Boussac made a fortune in textile manufacturing.
Feb 14, 2024 · Marcel Boussac was a French businessman who financed Christian Dior's eponymous fashion house in 1946. He also supported other designers such as Pierre Balmain and Cristóbal Balenciaga, and was a rival of Coco Chanel.
Apr 12, 2024 · Marcel Boussac (born April 17, 1889, Châteauroux, Fr.—died March 21, 1980, near Paris) was a French industrialist and textile manufacturer whose introduction of colour into clothing ended the “black look” in France.
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Marcel Boussac, né le 17 avril 1889 à Châteauroux et mort le 21 mars 1980 à Dammarie-sur-Loing ( Loiret ), est un industriel français du textile, propriétaire de l'entreprise Boussac, et un éleveur et propriétaire de chevaux de course . Biographie. Les débuts.
Feb 14, 2024 · In the late 1940s, after the war, Dior started his own couture house, bankrolled by textile tycoon Marcel Boussac, as the show portrays.
Hall of Fame. Marcel Boussac (1889-1980) was the textile magnate known as ‘King of Cotton’, the financier behind couture house Christian Dior and France’s most successful owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses in the 20 th century. In the 1930s he was the richest man in France and produced over a fifth of the country’s cotton output.
Marcel Boussac (17 April 1889 – 21 March 1980) was a French entrepreneur best known for his ownership of the Maison Dior and one of the most successful thoroughbred race horse breeding farms in European history.
