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Madame Grès – you learn something new everyday!

Irving Penn Photographer; Madame Grès (Alix Barton) Designer – 1974 Germaine Emilie Krebs (1903–1993), known as Alix Barton and later as “Madame Grès”, launched her design house under the name Grès in Paris in 1942. Formally trained as a sculptress, she produced haute couture designs for an array of fashionable women, including the Duchess of