Mainbocher “ I am the Rolls-Royce of the fashion trade” Joey LiMandri
Early Life born Main Rousseau Bocher, Chicago Lewis Institute &Chicago Academy of Fine Arts New York, studied at the Art Students’ League attended University of Chicago death of father led to Sears Complaints Dept Königliche Kunstgewerbe-museum in Munich 1913 – studied painting with E.A. Taylor, Paris New York sketch artist for clothing manufacturer E.L. Mayer.
Parisian Life WWI service war ended, Harper’s Bazaar illustrator fashion correspondent & editor French Vogue self-taught dressmaker opened couture house 1939 – left Paris
Dutchess of Windsor 1937
Designed For WAVES 1942
Designed for Girl Scouts Mainbocher (1946) Mod ern
Designed for American Red Cross 1948
American Life opened couture house, New York 1940s – introduces “glamour belts” opened La Galerie 1960s - designs considered old-fashioned retired
Inspiration Augustabe rnard - godets in skirts - shoulder bows Madeleine Vionnet - bias cut
Mainbocher’s Pieces
Mainbocher dies 1976