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| Born | Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé 1941 (age 83–84) Versailles, France |
| Education | École du Louvre |
| Label | agnès b. |
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agnès b. (bornAgnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé, 1941) is a Frenchfashion designer known for her self-named brand, which includes fashion and film interests.
Agnès had mixed twins at 19 and sheseparated from their fatherChristian Bourgois at 20. She graduated fromÉcole du Louvre inParis. A career soon followed when her personal style caught the eyes ofElle magazine staffers at a Parisflea market. Her style of dress at the time, which included selections from France's Monoprix discount chain, was inspired less by fashion than thrift, but the magazine liked what it saw and hired her as a junior editor. With a mind towards designing rather than editing fashion, she leftElle after less than two years, preferring apprenticeships even when they paid little and offered no time off. She became a designer, buyer, and press attaché for Dorothée Bis in Paris. She freelance designed for Limitex, Pierre d'Alby,V de V, and Eversbin in the years 1965 and '66. In the latter year, she founded CMC (Comptoir Mondial de Création), parent of the agnès b. label. She opened her first boutique inLes Halles in 1975.[1] Formerly a butcher shop, the black and white tiled store had a rustic, communal atmosphere, defined by an indoor swing for children and an impromptuaviary (in reality an on-site bird population that over time grew from two to 30). Birds flew free in the cavernous space, built nests and hatched their chicks in the displays. "It was very cool" she says, "We were writing on the walls." Agnès's friends were her first repeat customers.
agnès b. started designing menswear in 1981 after observing men appropriate clothes designed for women. She opened her first international store on Prince Street in New York'sSoHo district in 1983. Her enthusiasm for the city stemmed from her love of the American crime film genre, dubbedfilm noir in France. This interest extended to the store's decor, which included vintage, oversizedmovie posters. The one-sheets would eventually draw the attention of filmmakerHarmony Korine, who would begin an artistic collaboration with agnès in 1999.
agnès b. launched "Le b." perfume in 1987, askincare andcosmetics line. Over time, her designs would grow to include maternity wear, shoes, and bags. Additionally, agnès b. has designed watches and eyewear forSeiko and a beauty line forL'Oréal. She has shops in London, Amsterdam, Singapore, Taipei, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and New York with more to open[when?] in Beijing and Shanghai.
As of October 2023, agnès b. operates one store in New York City, at 1063 Madison Avenue, which originally opened in 1984, and an online e-boutique.
Agnès Troublé says she wants to set an example with her business and social responsibility: 'To me, there is a consistency between the fact that the clothes are made here and what I am, what I do, what I love to do.'[2] She currently supports several associations, includingAIDES,ACT UP andHandicap International.
In 1984, agnès b. opened the Galerie du Jour in Paris, exhibitingGraffiti artists such asA-one,Futura 2000, Henry "Banger" Benvenuti, Sharp, and others;Bazooka, Bad BC, Echo et Mode2, BBC (Bad Boys Crew), Ash, Skki et Jayonedont,Les Tétines Noires, lesFrères Ripoulin.[3][4] The library-gallery on rue du Jour eventually relocated to rue Quincampoix in the 4th arrondissement. A second library-gallery agnès b. then opened in Japan.
The brand also has a periodical on contemporary art calledPoint d'ironie.[5]
agnès b. founded a joint film concern withHarmony Korine calledO'Salvation, under whose banner Korine began production onMister Lonely in London in 2006.
She also designated an entity for personal projects, christenedLove Streams, with the blessing ofGena Rowlands, widow ofJohn Cassavetes, who directedthe 1984 film of the same name.
Her acts of film patronage include the supplying of completion funds toGaspar Noé forIrréversible (2002) and toClaire Denis forTrouble Every Day (2001), as well as the underwriting of numerous film festivals. She has also directed two documentaries (as Agnès Troublé):Une sorte de journal vidéo in 2011, andJe m'appelle Hmmm.... in 2013, which entered in competition for the Orizzonti section of the70th Venice International Film Festival.[6]
The brand also operated a film production company,Love streams productions agnès b., which shuttered a number of years ago.
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