Category: Born on this day in fashion history

Born on this day in Fashion History: Rose Bertin, July 2, 1747

by Cassidy Zachary

Happy birthday to Marie Antoinette’s premiere marchande de modes, Rose Bertin, born on this day in 1747. Bertin’s meteoric rise to success began in 1772, when she opened her own shop, after having apprenticed to a marchande de modes for years. She quickly developed an affluent clientele, but no one would prove as important to her … Continue reading Born on this day in Fashion History: Rose Bertin, July 2, 1747

Born on this day in fashion history: Raoul Dufy, June 3, 1877

by Cassidy Zachary

Happy birthday to the French artist Raoul Dufy, born on this day in fashion history in 1877. As a young man, Dufy studied painting at Paris’ prestigious Ècole des beaux-arts, finding early success with an evolving artistic style that found inspiration in avant-garde art movements of the era, including Impressionism, Fauvism and Cubism. Dufy was a man … Continue reading Born on this day in fashion history: Raoul Dufy, June 3, 1877