Chanel called Courrèges plumbing. Everyone copied it.
In 1964 André Courrèges showed miniskirts and PVC goggles in Paris. The audience walked out. Six months later, every house had copied it.
Courrèges trained under Balenciaga for eleven years before opening in 1961. The geometry was precise because he'd learned to cut. He treated fashion as architecture.
How to date a Courrèges piece: 'André Courrèges Paris' label = pre-1987. Japanese care tags = late 1980s–1990s. AC logo grows after 1990.
