Adeline André

Adeline André
Born	1949 (age 74–75) Bangui,French Equatorial Africa
Nationality	French
Education	Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne
Occupation	fashion designer
Years active	1966－
Labels	Adeline André (1981－) Christian Dior(1970－1981)

Adeline André(pronounced[a.də.linan.dʁe],born in 1949) is a French fashion designer and the head of one of the sixteenhaute couturedesign houses in Paris.

Early life

She was born inBangui,French Equatorial Africain 1949 and studied at theEcole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne.After her graduation in 1970 she entered the House ofChristian Dioras an assistant for Haute Couture collections, working nextMarc Bohan.

Career

In 1981 she formed her own designer house,Adeline André.That same year she also registered her most famous fashion innovation, the "three sleeve holes" at the French National Industrial Property Institute and 1982 at theWorld Intellectual Property Organization.Examples of this three sleeve holes garment are in the collections of French Fashion Museum, Palais Galliera in Paris, theFashion Institute of Technologyin New York and the Fashion and Design Museum in Lisbon.

In May 1997, André became an 'invited member' of the Syndicate Chamber of Parisian Haute Couture and a 'permanent member' since January 2005. She is currently the head designer at the fashion house that bears her name. André also teaches color at her alma mater, participates in gallery and museum exhibitions, and designs costumes for ballet, opera and theater.

External links

• Adeline AndréatFMD
• Instagram
• The Adeline André page at Infomat
• The Adeline André page at Mode à Paris
• Pictures and video of Adeline André Haute Couture SS 2011 showArchived2 February 2011 at theWayback Machine