Jacques Fath born in Maison-Lafitte, France on 6 September 1912 is still considered as one of the most important fashion designers from the postwar New Style period in the 1950's.
In 1936-1937 he founded his first fashion house in Paris, Rue La Boutie. It is only after the Second World War in 1946 that the brand Jacques F. Fath is launched and the beginning of a very succesful career as a Haute Couture designer. With Christian Dior, Cristobal Balenciaga, Jean Desses, Jacques Heim, Pierre Balmain and Jacques Fath a new style was created based on high manufactured dresses and on a neverseen perfection.
Jacques Fath was the enfant terrible of the 1950's pushing back all limits of creativity and with a extremely fine tuned sense of business. Jacques Fath was the most succesfull and was employing 500 workers in his fashion house.Unfortunately he left at the age of 42 taken by bloodcancer, leaving behind a unique style and an inspiration for the next coming generations of fashion designers.
Jacques Fath was unique.
The illustration above is from the French Jardin des Modes, March 1954 showing some of the last Jacques Fath creation. Jacques Fath died on 13 November 1954.
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