Sunday, March 5, 2017

Jean-Louis Scherrer 7.1.2006


Jean-Louis Scherrer (19 February 1935, Paris – 20 June 2013, Paris) was a Parisian fashion designer and couturier. Although he had name recognition and was known for his work, he is mainly noted for being the first couture designer to be sacked from their own-name label in 1992.
Born in Paris,  Scherrer trained as a dancer at the Conservatoire de Paris until he injured his back, which put him out of action for three months.  He then decided to focus on fashion design, and in 1956, joined Christian Dior as an assistant designer alongside Yves Saint Laurent.  Following Dior's death in 1957, Scherrer worked under Saint Laurent, and then for Louis Féraud,  before launching his own fashion house in 1962 on the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré with the backing of Jacques Chabrol, a French millionaire.

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