The king of stripes thats what he is famous for. Practically every one of his designs, has stripes or bands in some form or other. These colourful designs are made from elastic bandages hand-stitched together and are very distinctive.
He was born in 1957 in a village in the North of France. In 1973 he won a place in art school, so he moved to Paris.
During the year of 1984, Leger designed the Cadette collection in Milan, the Haute Couture collection for Lanvin, and a Pret-a-Porter collection for Princess Diane von Furstenburg.
In 1987 while still continuing his own line, he also orked under direction of Karl Lagerfield, creating designs for Chloe where Lagerfield was the designer. In 1988 he worked on the crystal bead accessories collection of Daniel Swarowski.
In 1992 Seagram group of Canada, aquired 50% of finance and Leger was able to develop his own company at 21 rue de Fauberg St. Honore, the famous Street of Couture, in a building where Coco Chanel once lived. He runs a team of about 30 people.In the late 90's, Herve Leger managed to create ever new and exciting collections.
After his great sucess in this industry he launches his first ever perfume HERVE LEGER in THE YEAR 1999.
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