Edward Molyneux (1891–1974) was a British fashion designer whose fashion house was in operation from 1919 until 1950. Fashion design is the Applied art dedicated to Clothing and lifestyle Accessories created within the cultural and social influences of a specific time
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After a period working for the British fashion designer Lucile, Molyneux, a former illustrator, opened his fashion house in Paris, 14 rue Royale, in 1919 and went on to dress European royalty, British high society, the actresses Greta Garbo, Gertrude Lawrence, Margaret Leighton, and Vivien Leigh, and the interior decorator Syrie Maugham. Lucy Christiana Lady Duff Gordon (née Sutherland) (13 June 1863 – 20 April 1935 was a leading Fashion designer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Gertrude Lawrence (July 4 1898 - September 6 1952 was an English actress and musical comedy performer whose work spanned from the 1920s to the 1950s Margaret Leighton ( 26 February 1922 &ndash 13 January 1976) was an English actress. Vivien Leigh Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 &ndash 8 July 1967 was an English actress. Syrie Maugham (née Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo 10 July 1879 - 25 July 1955) was a leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s His followers included Christian Dior and Pierre Balmain. Christian Dior ( January 21, 1905 &ndash October 23, 1957) was an influential French Fashion designer, best known as the Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (b St Jean de Maurienne France May 18, 1914 &ndash Paris France June 29, 1982) was a French
During World War II, he moved his firm to London for the duration of the conflict and returned to Paris in 1946. In 1965, when the designer came out retirement, Time magazine described him as "the Parisian equivalent of Manhattan's Mainbocher, a classicist devoted to the soft look and tailored line. Mainbocher (1891–1976 (born Main Rousseau Bocher) was an American couturier who operated Fashion houses in Paris and later "[1]
Though he retired in 1950 to take up painting, leaving his fashion house in the hands of designer Jacques Griffe, Molyneux returned to fashion in 1964, when he opened Studio Molyneux, a high quality ready-to-wear line that received mixed reviews. He retired again in 1969, but Studio Molyneux continued under the direction of his cousin John Tullis until it closed in 1977.
The Molyneux trademark is owned by a company in France, and though the fashion component of the firm remains dormant, the firm still produces scents, such as Captain (1975), Quartz (1978), Le Chic, Vivre, and I Love You. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
Personal life
Molyneux married, in 1923, as his first wife, (Jessie) Muriel Dunsmuir (1890-1951), one of the eight daughters of the Hon. James Dunsmuir, Premier of British Columbia. James Dunsmuir (b July 8, 1851, Fort Vancouver &ndash d June 6, 1920, Cowichan Bay British Columbia) was a British They divorced in 1924.
Military service
Molyneux served as an infantry captain with the British army during World War II, during which time he lost an eye in battle.
External links
- Sewing patterns by Molyneux
- Interactive timeline of couture houses and couturier biographies. Victoria and Albert Museum. The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design housing a permanent collection
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