Key Designers of the period
General 1960s Fashion Design
John Bates
Biography
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Pierre Cardin (1922- )
'I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone' - Pierre Cardin
Biography
1936 - Starts working as a tailor's assistant
1946 - Makes costumes for 'Beauty and the Beast'
1950 - Opens his own couture house
1954 - Introduces the 'bubble' dress
1959 - Launches a ready-to-wear collection for the Paris department store, Printemps
1962 - Launches a ready-to-wear menswear collection
1963 - Launches a ready-to-wear womenswear collection
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Oleg Cassini (1913 - 2006)
Biography
1936 - Moves to the USA from France
1941 - Marries the US movie star, Gene Tierney
1961 - Designs the gown work by Jacqueline Kennedy for the President's Inaugural Ball
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Ossie Clark (1942-1996)
Biography
1965 - Graduates from the Royal College of Art
1966 - Sells his deigns in Quorum
1969 - Marries Celia Birtwell
1999 - Ossie Clark Diaries published
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Andre Courreges (1923 - )
Biography
1950-61 - Works for Balanciaga
1961 - Opens his own couture house
1964 - Launches his white 'Moon Girl' collection; also puts trouser suits on the catwalk.
1964 - said to have 'invented' the mini skirt
1969 - Introduces his 'Gladiator' collection
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Barbara Hulanicki (1936 - )
Biography
1955 - Wins a beachwear competition in the London Evening Standard
1963 - Opens Biba postal boutique
1964 - Biba opens
1968 - Launches Biba Mail Order catalogue
1975 - Biba closes down.
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Mary Quant (1934 -)
Biography
1955 - Opens Bazaar
1961 - Opens a second Bazaar
1965 - Starts to export to USA
1965 - Sets up the Ginger Group
1966 - Publishes her biography, Quant on Quant
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Zandra Rhodes (1940 - )
Biography
1969 - opens her own company to sell her designs
1997 - awarded the CBE
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Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - )
Biography
1954 - Starts working for Christian Dior
1958 - Introduces the Trapeze dress for his first collection for Dior
1962 - Opens his own couture house
1966 - Establishes the Rive Gauche boutiques
1968 - Introduces a menswear inspired collection for women, including a tuxedo
1971 - Launches Rive Gauche perfume
1974 - Creates a men's version of Rive Gauche
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