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- Aghion, an Egyptian Jew in Paris, brought a fresh, outsider perspective to French fashion.
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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 · Installation view of Mood of the moment: Gaby Aghion and the house of Chloé at the Jewish Museum, NY. Photo by Dario Lasagni. Image courtesy of the Jewish Museum. Aghion hosted her fashion...
- Nicole Phelps
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 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...
Oct 16, 2017 · Jewish success in the fashion industry is well documented - from generations of textile traders to modern day fashion icons like Donna Karran, Ralph Museum of the Jewish People
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.
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).
