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Sep 27, 2014 · Chloé, the house Gaby Aghion founded with Jacques Lenoir in 1952, has been home to many designers. A look back at its pivotal moments over the years. By Laird Borrelli-Persson. September 27,...
Aghion and Jacques Lenoir formed a partnership in 1953, with Lenoir taking charge of the business operations while Aghion took on the creative responsibilities. The duo put on the first Chloé show in 1956 at a breakfast at the Café de Flore, an important place for young intellectual Parisians in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Fashion designer
- Founder of Chloé
- Legion of Honor, (2013.12.16)
Chloé ( French pronunciation: [klɔe]) is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. During the next year of 1953 Aghion joined forces with Jacques Lenoir, [1] formally managing the business side of the brand, allowing Aghion to purely pursue the creative growth of Chloé. Its headquarters are located in Paris.
- 1952; 71 years ago
- Gaby Aghion, Jacques Lenoir
- Fashion
- Subsidiary of Richemont
Jan 17, 2024 · We learn from him that though she loved his father deeply, and the two were more or less inseparable, Gaby also enjoyed a more-than-platonic relationship with her longtime business partner Jacques Lenoir, a former fighter in the French Resistance.
Sep 28, 2014 · Backed by her business partner Jacques Lenoir, she showed a prêt-à-porter collection at breakfast in the Café de Flore on the Boulevard Saint Germain in 1956, and twice-yearly thereafter.
Mar 3, 2021 · Alfandari opened the first freestanding Chloé boutique in 1972 and helped to develop the brand’s commercial strategy with Aghion and her business partner, Jacques Lenoir. She remembers Aghion...
With her partner Jacques Lenoir stepping in to handle the business side of things, Aghion was able to focus her efforts on design. In introducing one of the most aesthetically distinct labels of all time, the goal for Chloé was to emulate the mystique of youthfulness and femininity.
