French Fashion Designers Quiz

Born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, Coco grew up in an orphanage, where she learned to sew.

When she opened her first boutique in 1910, Chanel sold hats. She later focused on fragrance and fashion, including the little black dress.

Lagerfeld was born in Germany but moved alone to Paris at age 14 to pursue a career in fashion.

Lagerfeld started making his own designs in 1961 but didn't start his own label until 1984.

Courreges joined Balenciaga in 1949 and opened his own fashion house in Paris in 1961.

Lacoste became one of the best tennis players in the world, despite not starting in the sport until age 15.

Lacoste's playing style earned him the nickname "The Crocodile," which inspired him to use a crocodile logo on the left breast of his famous polo shirts many years later.

Givenchy dressed fashion icon Audrey Hepburn both in her personal life and in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's."

Givenchy opened his famous French fashion house in 1952. His first collection included long, feminine skirts and tailored white blouses.

Louboutin released his first line of shoes in the early '90s and started painting the soles red in 1993.

Watching his assistant paint her nails bright red inspired Louboutin to add the signature red sole to his shoes.

Vuitton introduced the first stackable trunks in 1858. Instead of having a domed top like most trunks of the day, Vuitton's trunks were flat and therefore stackable.

Balenciaga hailed from Spain but moved to Paris at age 20 and started his own French fashion house in 1937.

In his early career, Balenciaga was celebrated for his capes and his use of plastic to create water-resistant rainwear.

The young Picasso crafted jewelry for Yves Saint Laurent and Tiffany & Co. before launching her own line of accessories.

Yves Saint Laurent worked at Dior before heading home to his native Algeria to join the military.

Saint Laurent famously crafted tuxedos for women and smoking jackets known as "Le Smoking."

Gaultier learned under Pierre Cardin before launching his own design house in 1982.

It was Jean Paul Gaultier who came up with Madonna's classic conical bra in 1990.

Dior's 1947 silhouettes, with their cinched waists and voluminous skirts, were so different that his clothes were dubbed the "New Look" in 1947.

After Christian Dior died in 1957, Yves Saint Laurent ran Dior until 1960.

Cardin left Dior in 1950 to start his own line. Part of his success came from Dior himself, who directed overflow clients Cardin's way.

Cardin pushed the limits of fashion with bubble dresses, avant-garde designs and even a space age line.

Aghion started Chloe in 1952. Karl Lagerfeld worked as a Chloe designer starting in 1964.

Rykiel started making her own clothes when she was pregnant and opened her first boutique on Paris' Left Bank in 1968.

Lacroix launched his own line in 1987 and spent three years designing for Pucci.

Audigier started his own denim line before starting both Ed Hardy and Von Dutch, a company famous for its fashionable trucker hats.

Von Furstenberg always designed with the working woman in mind and sold millions of wrap dresses starting in 1972.

Worth was born in England and became the father of haute couture when he moved to Paris in 1845.

Laroche initially focused on affordable fashion, opening his first boutique in 1961, but he later chose to specialize in haute couture.