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1. • • Born in Egypt, Aghion established the company in 1952 with Jacques Lenoir and presented her first collection at renowned artists hangout Café de Flore, thus cementing the Left Bank (read: youthful, spirited) cred of the house, which helped shape the concept of the haute boho look.
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   How did Aghion become a fashion designer?

   • Aghion was born to a wealthy family in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1921. Like most well-to-do people in Egypt at the time, she learned French. As a young woman, she spent her free time flipping through pages of French fashion magazines and, with her mother, would invite seamstresses to recreate the designs they saw.

   The story of Chloé founder Gaby Aghion’s ‘ready to wear’ revolution

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   How did Aghion make her clothes?

   • The Egyptian-born designer had a simple vision: using fine fabrics to create feminine, alluring clothes that required minimal alteration. “She was shocked by how poorly French women were dressed,” her son, Philippe Aghion, recalled.

   WWD Looks Back at Chloé Founder Gaby Aghion

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   Who is Gaby Aghion?

   • Chloé, the house Gaby Aghion founded with Jacques Lenoir in 1952, has been home to many designers. A look back at its pivotal moments over the years. Chloé has been home to more designers than a cat has lives—and that’s just how Gaby Aghion, who died today at the age of 93, intended it to be.

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   Who is Chloé founder Gaby Aghion?

   • WWD looks back at Chloé founder Gaby Aghion, born 100 years ago as the brand presents its fall 2021 collection by designer Gabriela Hearst.

   WWD Looks Back at Chloé Founder Gaby Aghion

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   Who is Gaby & how did she become a fashion designer?

   • With support from her husband on the business side, Gaby was able to focus on the creative process. She started her design journey with lightweight and ready-to-wear luxury items. This was a new concept for that era, and the French fashion designer encouraged women to be bold and to be themselves.

   Chloé: The history behind the luxury French fashion house

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   How did Aghion become famous?

   • Born in Egypt, Aghion established the company in 1952 with Jacques Lenoir and presented her first collection at renowned artists hangout Café de Flore, thus cementing the Left Bank (read: youthful, spirited) cred of the house, which helped shape the concept of the haute boho look.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gaby_AghionGaby Aghion - Wikipedia

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   Gabrielle Aghion (née Hanoka; [1] [2] 3 March 1921 [3] – 27 September 2014) was a French fashion designer and founder of the French fashion house Chloé. She is said to have coined the phrase " prêt-à-porter ".

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   Sep 27, 2014 · Chloé, the house Gaby Aghion founded with Jacques Lenoir in 1952, has been home to many designers. A look back at its pivotal moments over the years.

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6. wwd.com › fashion-news › designer-luxuryWWD Looks Back at Chloé Founder Gaby Aghion

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   Mar 3, 2021 · When Gaby Aghion founded Chloé in 1952 as an antidote to the stiff formality of haute couture, she did nothing short of revolutionizing fashion. The Egyptian-born designer had a simple...

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   Oct 24, 2023 · While she had an eye for fashion, Aghion lacked when it came to design skills; Chloé at first functioned as a collective comprised of different freelance designers whose designs she would...

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   Jun 7, 2024 · The name Chloe came from Aghion’s good friend, she embodied the style and elegance the fashion designer wanted to showcase in her work. Aghion’s designs disregarded the norms of wearing long, rigid skirts and dresses.

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   Oct 24, 2023 · With its new exhibition “Mood of the Moment,” the Jewish Museum in New York highlights the entrepreneur Gaby Aghion’s groundbreaking work as the founder of French fashion house Chloé, as ...

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    Nov 23, 2023 · Gaby Aghion founded Chloé in 1952 in an effort to offer women in Paris something they did not have before: great fashion outside of the world of French haute couture. It was already daring for a woman—any woman—in the postwar years to found her own business, but Aghion managed to create a concept never seen before, thinking completely ...