Marc Bohan
About
the designers
Marc Bohan was born Roger Maurice Louis Bohan in 1926. He gained valuable practical experience in fashion from his mother, who was a milliner. He obtained a certificate in art and philosophy from the Lycee Lakanal in Paris.
He gained his early design experience by working for several of Paris' leading couture houses, Piguet, Edward Molyneux and Jean Patou between 1945 and 1958. During these years, he also designed for Madeleine de Rauch and worked as a freelance designer for a New York clothing company.
The Look
During his first decade at Dior, he gained a reputation as a designer who could turn pop fashion into haute couture, keeping the elegance without sacrificing the youthful spirit of the clothes. Bohan designed for Dior many famously elegant ball gowns and evening dresses in exotic fabrics. Many had bows, like bustles, attached to the back. In 1975, he created a collection of dresses with prints based on Impressionist paintings.
Who Wears It
Mrs Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of USA President John F. Kennedy, often wore clothes created by Marc Bohan.