Jeanne Lanvin

, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris '', 1915 Jeanne Lanvin was born in Paris on 1 January 1867, the eldest of 11 children of Constantin Lanvin and Sophie Deshayes. She became an apprentice milliner (hat maker) at Madame Félix in Paris at the age of 16. She trained with Suzanne Talbot and Caroline Montagne Roux before becoming a milliner on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in 1889. ==Career==

In 1909, Lanvin joined the Syndicat de la Couture (fr), which marked her formal status as a couturière. The clothing Lanvin made for her daughter began to attract the attention of a number of wealthy people who requested copies for their own children. Soon, Lanvin was making dresses for their mothers, and some of the most famous names in Europe were included in the clientele of her new boutique on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. One of her models Maria Minard was the grandmother of future French actor Alain Delon. From 1923, the Lanvin empire included a dye factory in Nanterre. In the 1920s, Lanvin opened shops devoted to home décor, menswear, furs and lingerie. Her most significant endeavour was the creation of Lanvin Parfums SA in 1924. Her signature fragrance, Arpège, introduced in 1927, was inspired by the sound of her daughter Marguerite practicing her scales on the piano. (Arpège is French for arpeggio.) In 1922, Lanvin collaborated with celebrated French designer Armand-Albert Rateau in redesigning her apartment, her homes and her businesses. The living room, boudoir and bathroom of the apartment was reassembled in 1985 in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. For this home, Rateau designed some remarkable 1920–22 furniture in bronze. The pair developed a friendship. Rateau came aboard Lanvin's empire as manager of Lanvin-Sport, designing the Lanvin spherical La Boule perfume flacon for Arpège, originally produced by the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres. To this day, Arpège perfume globe, designed by Rateau, are imprinted with Paul Iribe's gold image (rendered in 1907) of Lanvin and her daughter Marguerite. Rateau also managed Lanvin-Décoration, an interior-design department established in 1920, in the main store on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. ==Personal life, death and legacy==

In 1895, Lanvin married Count Emilio di Pietro, an Italian nobleman. Two years later she gave birth to a daughter, Marguerite di Pietro (later, Countess Marie-Blanche de Polignac) (1897–1958). The couple's only child became an opera singer. She married the Count Jean de Polignac (1888–1943). On the death of her mother, she became the director of the Lanvin fashion house. Savannah College of Art and Design's SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film unveiled the first U.S. show dedicated to her work, Jeanne Lanvin: Haute Couture Heritage, on April 4, 2025. ==Awards==

• Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, to Jeanne Lanvin, 1926 • Officier de l'Ordre de la Légion d'Honneur, to Jeanne Lanvin, 1938 ==See also==

File:"Roseraie" MET 64.126.7a-b front CP3.jpg|"Roseraie", evening dress (silk), spring/summer 1923 File:"Jolibois" MET 86.71.1 CP3.jpg|"Jolibois", evening dress (silk), fall/winter 1922–23 File:"Ko.I.Noor" MET C.I.60.19ab F.jpg|Ko.I.Noor, evening ensemble (silk and metal), spring/summer 1927 File:"Phèdre" MET 84.30 front CP3.jpg|"Phèdre", evening dress (silk and metal), fall/winter 1933 File:"Fusée" MET DT10674.jpg|"Fusée", evening dress (silk), 1938 File:"Cyclone" MET CI.46.4.18ab.jpg|"Cyclone", evening dress (silk and spangles), 1939 File:Japon, Lanvin, 1929 Marguerite de la nuit, MMH.2023.0008, Modemuseum Hasselt.jpg|Japon, Lanvin, 1929 Marguerite de la nuit, MMH.2023.0008, Modemuseum Hasselt. ==References==