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Mainbocher

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Mainbocher (1891-1976)

US fashion designer. He started a couture house in Paris, France, in 1930. He designed the wedding dress for Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, in 1937 as well as stage clothing for stars such as Mary Martin, Ruth Gordon, and Tallulah Bankhead. Mainbocher opened a ready-to-wear salon in New York City in 1940, and returned to Paris in 1971. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied art and music in Chicago, then served in World War I. After the war, he stayed in Paris working as a fashion artist with Harper's Bazaar, then as editor of French Vogue until 1929.
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