Jacques Fath

ABOUT JACQUES FATH

Remembered as a major contributor to French haute couture of the mid-twentieth century, this designer operated a prominent Paris boutique that housed his Lily womenswear collection.

One of his early fashion models, Lucie 'Lucky' Daouphars, later became famous for her work with Christian Dior .

During the World War II years, he designed women's fashions that were conducive to a changing society. For example, he created skirts that allowed women, during a period when gasoline was being rationed, to safely and modestly ride bicycles.

Though a one-time lover of the male film director Léonide Moguy, Fath married and had a son with a woman named Geneviève Boucher de la Bruyère.

The famous American screen actress Rita Hayworth married her third husband, Prince Aly Khan, in a gown designed by Fath.