Marcelle Chaumont Explained

Marcelle Chaumont (born 1891, Eymoutiers,^[1] Haute-Vienne; died 1990, Paris) was a French fashion designer.^[2]

Chaumont moved to Paris after World War I and became the head seamstress for Jeanne Lanvin and Madeleine Vionnet.^[3] Marcelle Chaumont created her fashion house^[4] in the late 1930s^[5] but World War II and health problems forced her to stop working. Her clients included Gloria Guinness who was voted 'Best Dressed Woman' by Time magazine in 1962.^[6] Some of Chaumont's creations can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York^[7] ^[8] The house of Marcelle Chaumont closed in 1953.^[9]

Chaumont was married to Robert Chapsal, son of the politician Fernand Chapsal and was the mother of the writer Madeleine Chapsal.^[10]

Notes and References

Web site: Madeleine Chapsal . fr . Crl-limousin.org . 2014-01-02.
http://coutureallure.blogspot.com/2013/07/marcelle-chaumont-paris-couturier.html "Marcelle Chaumont: Paris Couturier
Web site: Madeleine VIONNET - Sous les toits de Paris . Sur-les-toits-de-paris.eklablog.net . 2009-04-20 . 2014-01-06.
Book: Se vъtir: art et histoire de plaire - Jean-Louis Clade - Google Livres . . 9782882955265 . 2014-01-06. Clade . Jean-Louis . 2008 . Cabédita .
Book: High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the ... - Jan Glier Reeder - Google Books . 9781588393623 . 2014-01-02. Reeder . Jan Glier . 2010 . Metropolitan Museum of Art .
Staff (27 August 2011). "'Chic cannot be taught.' Gloria Guinness". The Courier. Union City, CA: James Logan High School
Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Evening ensemble . Metmuseum.org . 2013-09-16 . 2014-01-02.
Web site: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Search the Collections . Metmuseum.org . 2014-01-02.
Web site: 1949 evening dress by Marcelle Chaumont. Victoria & Albert Museum. 6 January 2014.
Web site: Madeleine Vionnet, ma mère et moi de Madeleine Chapsal - Lucie, livres et cinéma . fr . Lucie-livres-et-cinema.over-blog.com . 30 March 2010. 2014-01-06.