Recommendations and awards for Madame Grès
American Designer Bill Blass was once asked
whether or not fashion design was an art. "No, it's a
craft," he replied. "Sometimes a creative one, sometimes a
technical one. It only becomes an art in the hands of Mme Grès or
Balenciaga."
She dressed the great women of her time: Maria
Casarès, Jackie Kennedy, Grace de Monaco, la duchesse d'Orléans et
Marlène Dietrich to name only a few or her distinguished customers.
In 1947, she became Officer of the "Légion
d'Honneur".
In 1973 she was elected President of the French
Haute-Couture.
In 1976 she was given the first "Dé d'or de
la haute Couture".
In 1978, she receives the "Best" award
in Rome by the Camera nazionale dell'alta Italiana.
She was awarded "The most elegant woman of
the World" in 1980.
She was named "the greatest living
couturier" in 1988 by Vogue History of the 20th Century
Fashion.
Madame Grès is said to have inspired many of
todays fashion designers as Azzedine Alaïa, Issey Miyake,
Valentino, Jeanne Muir, Norma Kamali, Mary McFadden.
From September to November 1994, a retrospective
of Madame Grès is organised by the Metropololitan Museum of Art in
New York.
From June 2004 to January 2005 an important
exposition of the remaining masterpieces of Madame Grès is
organised by the Musée of Bourgoin-Jallieu under the direction of
Brigitte Riboreau.
The exhibition is called "Madame Grès, entre ombre et lumière"
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