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Jacques Fath

It was operated in its last days by his widow, who presented her first well-regarded collection for the fashion house in 1955 and who worked with three of her husband's former associates: Catherine Brivet (who previously had worked for Paul Poiret, Jean Patou, Pierre Balmain, Coco Chanel, and Cristóbal Balenciaga), Pierrey Metthey, and Suzanne Renoult (a fabric expert who had worked for Lucien Lelong, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Gaston Worth).

Marc Bohan

In 1954, Bohan was offered a job at Jean Patou, designing the haute couture collection, where he stayed until 1958.

Margaret Vyner

Making her way overland to Paris, she was hired by French couturier, Jean Patou, first as a general "dog's body," later working her way up to be a leading mannequin.

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