Guy Laroche
Guy Laroche (1921 - 1989), French fashion designer and founder of the eponymous fashion house. Son of a cattle farming family in La Rochelle, he started as a hair stylist then worked for 10 years with Jean Desses before opening his Paris salon in the Aveue Franklin Roosevelt in 1957. Known for wearable clothes in bright, acid colours, plunging necklines and for introducing designer separates to the American market
Picture No
10528135
Media ID
46045982
Size
3864px x 5068px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Tatler, 2 March 1960
Date
1960
