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- 1952: Chloé is founded by Gaby Aghion, a Parisian of Egyptian-Jewish origin.
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Her father was a cigarette factory manager and her mother was a homemaker who was passionate about French fashion. She met her husband, Raymond Aghion (1921–2009), when both were seven years old in elementary school. He was born into a wealthy Italian Jewish family of cotton exporters.
Oct 10, 2023 · Photo by Dario Lasagni. Image courtesy of the Jewish Museum. Chemena Kamali was named Chloé’s new creative director yesterday. The 41-year-old German designer joins a long list of mostly female...
- Nicole Phelps
Oct 24, 2023 · With its new exhibition “Mood of the Moment,” the Jewish Museum in New York highlights the Jewish Egyptian entrepreneur Gaby Aghion’s groundbreaking work as the founder of French fashion ...
Jan 17, 2024 · The documentary 'Looking for Chloé' shines a belated, welcome spotlight on Egyptian-born Gaby Aghion, the bourgeois communist who dressed the likes of Maria Callas and Madonna.
Oct 20, 2023 · Oct. 20, 2023. For only the second time in its almost 120 years, the Jewish Museum is holding a fashion exhibition — and it is the first in New York dedicated to Chloé, the French ready-to-wear...
Oct 13, 2023 · Gaby Aghion in the desert near Alexandria, Egypt, photographed by Raymond Aghion, ca. 1940–45. Photo: Courtesy of Philippe Aghion and Chloé Archive, Paris. Aghion is the third Jewish...
Oct 10, 2023 · Gaby Aghion was born Gabriella Hanoka in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1921 to a Jewish family. Like many educated upper-class families, especially among Egyptian Jews, the Hanokas spoke French and admired French culture.
