Designer Gres

Madame Gres designed her gowns in a fashion of a sculptor – directly on the bodies of her models. Very soon she became famous and her name became a synonym for elegance – 'The Star of elegance'. She created garments for royal families, aristocracy and celebrities of her time: Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Vivien Leigh and others. One of her first muses was Isadora Duncan.
Several years after marrying Russian painter Serge Czerefkov (1937) the famous creator changed her name into Madame Gres in 1942, as it was an anagram of her husbands name and also his alias. Soon after they got married, her husband left France for French Polynesia and 'forgot to return'.
During the World War Two, the German occupation of France, Madame Gres, patriotic to the core, was creating clothes around the three colors of France – blue, white and red. The first perfume of the Gres house, Cabochard was created in 1958, after Madame Gres returned from her trip to India. Cabochard was inspired by new generation of perfumes Tabac Blond (1919), Cuir de Russie (1924), Scandal (1933), and Bandit (1944).
In 1982 Madame Gres had to sell her perfume business for the sake of her Haute Couture. The company Perfumes Gres was sold for several times until it was finally bought by Silvio Denz in 2001. Today the Perfumes Gres is based in Switzerland. The first perfume launched by the new owner was Cabaret (2003)., after which comes Cabaret Homme (2004) and Caline (2005).
Madame Gres died in 1993 in her house in the South of France, but her death was announced a year later, on December 14th 1994 in Le Monde.
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Air de Cabochard (for women)
Ambre de Cabochard (for women)
Cabaret (for women)
Cabaret Pour Homme (for men)
Cabochard (for women)
Cabotine (for women)
Cabotine Bleu (for women)
Cabotine Delight (for women)
Cabotine Rose (for women)
Caline (for women)
Fleur de Cabotine (for women)
Folie Douce (for women)
My Dream Hommage a Marlene Dietrich (for women)
My Life Hommage a Marlene Dietrich (for women)
My Passion Hommage a Marlene Dietrich (for women)
Pastel de Cabotine (for women)
Pastel de Gres (for women)
Kingdom
Romance
Unforgivable
Pleasures For
Men
Lacoste Pour
Homme
Emporio Armani
Diamonds for
Men
Acqua di Gio
Versace Man
Eau Fraiche
Zegna Intenso