Marcelle Chaumont

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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]

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