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This is the first time a museum has dedicated an entire exhibition to Jules François Crahay (1917-1988), a Belgian-born designer who was prominent in Parisian haute couture for no less than three decades before fading, unfairly, into oblivion.... More

This is the first time a museum has dedicated an entire exhibition to Jules François Crahay (1917-1988), a Belgian-born designer who was prominent in Parisian haute couture for no less than three decades before fading, unfairly, into oblivion. Jules François Crahay. Back in the spotlight retraces the life of the prodigious fashion designer, from his first steps as a couturier in Liege in the 1940s up to his years of fame and glory in Paris, and to the creation of his eponymous label in Japan in 1986. In filigree, his long career can also be read as a history of haute couture, an illustration of the evolving role of the couturier and the rise of ready-to-wear. Less