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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 · Chemena Kamali was named Chloé’s new creative director yesterday. The 41-year-old German designer joins a long list of mostly female heads of the label since its founding by Gaby Aghion in...
- Nicole Phelps
The article said that only two women have been Chloe's head designer and it noted that both are Jewish: Aghion, and STELLA McCARTNEY, now 52. The article correctly said that McCartney identifies as Jewish, but really doesn’t practice (LINDA, her late mother, and Paul McCartney’s wife, was Jewish).
Born Gabrielle Hanoka in Alexandria in 1921, Aghion moved to Paris in 1945, after her marriage to Raymond Aghion, and opened Chloé — named for a friend — in 1952, at a time when designer-dictated couture (made-to-order clothes for the elite) still dominated the French fashion scene, and Jewish roots were kept relatively quiet.
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.
The first museum exhibition honoring the visionary Jewish entrepreneur Gaby Aghion (1921-2014) and her legacy as the founder of the French fashion house Chloé. Gaby Aghion in the desert near Alexandria, Egypt, photographed by Raymond Aghion, ca. 1940–45.
Oct 20, 2023 · “Mood of the Moment: Gaby Aghion and the House of Chloé” seeks to rectify both oversights, while introducing its founder, and her connection to her own Jewish identity, to the broader public.
