French fashion designer Jean Patou ( 1880-1936) was the founder of the Jean Patou brand.
Patou’s clothes were marketed mostly to rich American women. When the stock market crashed, however, so did the market for luxury fashion. The House of Patou survived through its perfumes, which remain well known today.
Jean Patou, Dress, photographed by André Durst for Vogue, 1939 via
Jean Patou, Dress, photographed by André Durst for Vogue, 1939 via
André Durst was a French photographer and heir to Marseilles soap. A close friend of the Noailles and the sponsor of Salvador Dali and Elsa Schiaparelli, the French photographer caught the eye of Vogue and soon proposed his exquisite and original images to the magazine. His work caught the attention of Condé Nast, who signed him as a Vogue photographer. He eventually became French Vogue’s primary photographer.
His mentor was photographer George Hoyningen-Huené.
André Durst, Elsa Schiaparelli, 1936 via
André Durst, Elsa Schiaparelli, 1936 via
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