Lola Prusac

Lola Prusac (born January 18, 1895 in Łódź , Poland , † October 29, 1985 in Paris ) was a Polish-French fashion designer in Paris.

Life

Prusac was employed in 1926 by Émile Maurice Hermès (1871-1951), the owner of the Hermès fashion house , to develop women's clothing, especially sports, swimwear and leisure wear. In 1930 she created the first silk scarves les carrés Hermès .

Prusac founded her own boutique in Paris in 1935 at house 93 on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and was active there until 1980.

She is known for her knitwear, silk scarves, partly interwoven with gold and silver threads, fantasy jewelry inspired by surrealism , handbags for the evening, very innovative hats and the two perfumes Sega and Gant de crin .

Individual evidence

↑ Lola Prusac un chic excentrique, in: Magazine Jardin des Mode , Paris, September 1993, p. 18.
↑ Jean-R. Guerrand: souvenirs cousus sellier. Un demi-siècle chez Hermès, Paris: Editions Olivier Orban 1987, p. 58 (ISBN 9-782855-653778). It reads: "Polonaise d'origine, très influencée par l'art folklorique de son pays, elle avait un sens de l'harmonie des couleurs absolument extraordinaire. Ses pull-overs eurent un succès aussi grand qu'immédiat." (Hailing from Poland and heavily influenced by the folk art of her country, she had a sense of the harmony of extraordinary colors. Her sweaters were a huge and instant hit.)
^ Mary Brooks Picken and Dora Loues Miller: Dressmakers of France. The who, how, and why of the French couture. New York: Harper 1956, p. 132.
↑ Guillaume Garnier (ed.): Paris-couture-années trente, exh. Cat.Musée de la Mode et du Costume Paris, Paris 1987, p. 184.
↑ Les Métiers de l'art. Formation, tradition, restoration, creation, exhib. Cat.Musée des Arts décoratifs Paris, Paris 1980, p. 324.
↑ Alexandra Palmer: Couture & Commerce. The transatlantic fashion trade in the 1950s. Vancouver 2001, pp. 316ff. ( ISBN 978-0-7748-0826-2 ).
↑ L'Officiel de la couture , Paris, June 1967.

personal data
SURNAME	Prusac, Lola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish-French fashion designer in Paris
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH	Łódź , Poland
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 1985
Place of death	Paris

[1] Lola Prusac un chic excentrique, in: Magazine Jardin des Mode , Paris, September 1993, p. 18.

[2] Jean-R. Guerrand: souvenirs cousus sellier. Un demi-siècle chez Hermès, Paris: Editions Olivier Orban 1987, p. 58 (ISBN 9-782855-653778). It reads: "Polonaise d'origine, très influencée par l'art folklorique de son pays, elle avait un sens de l'harmonie des couleurs absolument extraordinaire. Ses pull-overs eurent un succès aussi grand qu'immédiat." (Hailing from Poland and heavily influenced by the folk art of her country, she had a sense of the harmony of extraordinary colors. Her sweaters were a huge and instant hit.)

[3] Mary Brooks Picken and Dora Loues Miller: Dressmakers of France. The who, how, and why of the French couture. New York: Harper 1956, p. 132.

[4] Guillaume Garnier (ed.): Paris-couture-années trente, exh. Cat.Musée de la Mode et du Costume Paris, Paris 1987, p. 184.

[5] Les Métiers de l'art. Formation, tradition, restoration, creation, exhib. Cat.Musée des Arts décoratifs Paris, Paris 1980, p. 324.

[6] Alexandra Palmer: Couture & Commerce. The transatlantic fashion trade in the 1950s. Vancouver 2001, pp. 316ff. ( ISBN 978-0-7748-0826-2 ).

[7] L'Officiel de la couture , Paris, June 1967.