Michèle Rosier
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Michèle Rosier is a French fashion journalist and designer who founded the V de V
sportswear label. In addition to this, she has worked as a film director and screenwriter since 1973.
Michèle Rosier was born in 1930. She is the daughter of the journalists Pierre Lazareff (1907–1972) and Hélène Gordon-Lazareff (1909–1988) who between them founded Elle
magazine. She followed in her parents' footsteps by becoming a fashion journalist herself, and then a sportswear designer. In 1963 she founded the V de V
company. Her sportswear
designs, including swimwear and ski suits, were an immediate success. She was nicknamed the "Vinyl Girl" . The International Herald Tribune
compared Rosier's "style without nostalgia" for ready-to-wear to Andre Courrèges
's haute couture
designs. A V de V raincoat was selected as part of the Dress Of The Year
for 1966, and she designed parachute jumpsuits for Raquel Welch
in the 1967 film Fathom
Since 1973 Rosier has worked as a film director and screenwriter for French-language cinema.
V de V (fashion brand)
V de V is a sportswear fashion label founded in 1963 by Michèle Rosier.-Company history:In 1963 Michèle Rosier founded "V de V", which stands for Vêtements de Vacance. This translates literally as 'Clothes for Holiday'. The label quickly established a reputation for fine quality sportswear,...
sportswear label. In addition to this, she has worked as a film director and screenwriter since 1973.
Michèle Rosier was born in 1930. She is the daughter of the journalists Pierre Lazareff (1907–1972) and Hélène Gordon-Lazareff (1909–1988) who between them founded Elle
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
magazine. She followed in her parents' footsteps by becoming a fashion journalist herself, and then a sportswear designer. In 1963 she founded the V de V
V de V (fashion brand)
V de V is a sportswear fashion label founded in 1963 by Michèle Rosier.-Company history:In 1963 Michèle Rosier founded "V de V", which stands for Vêtements de Vacance. This translates literally as 'Clothes for Holiday'. The label quickly established a reputation for fine quality sportswear,...
company. Her sportswear
Sportswear (fashion)
Sportswear has been called America's main contribution to the history of fashion design. The term became popular in the 1920s to describe relaxed, casual wear typically worn for spectator sports...
designs, including swimwear and ski suits, were an immediate success. She was nicknamed the "Vinyl Girl" . The International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
compared Rosier's "style without nostalgia" for ready-to-wear to Andre Courrèges
André Courrèges
André Courrèges is a French fashion designer, known for his ultra-modern designs. At the age of 25, after studying to be a civil engineer, he went to Paris to work at Geanne Lafaurie fashion design house...
's haute couture
Haute couture
Haute couture refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted clothing. Haute couture is made to order for a specific customer, and it is usually made from high-quality, expensive fabric and sewn with extreme attention to detail and finished by the most experienced and capable seamstresses,...
designs. A V de V raincoat was selected as part of the Dress Of The Year
Dress of The Year
The Dress of the Year is an annual fashion award run by the Fashion Museum, Bath from 1963. Each year since 1963, the Museum has asked a fashion journalist to select a dress or outfit that best represents the most important new ideas in contemporary fashion. For 2010 the Museum broke with tradition...
for 1966, and she designed parachute jumpsuits for Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch
Jo Raquel Tejada , better known as Raquel Welch, is an American actress, author and sex symbol. Welch came to attention as a "new-star" on the 20th Century-Fox lot in the mid-1960s. She posed iconically in a animal skin bikini for the British-release One Million Years B.C. , for which she may be...
in the 1967 film Fathom
Fathom (film)
Fathom is a 1967 British spy comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Anthony Franciosa and Raquel Welch. Fathom Harvill is a dental assistant and an American skydiver touring Europe with a U.S. parachute team...
Since 1973 Rosier has worked as a film director and screenwriter for French-language cinema.
As director & writer
- George qui? aka George Who? (1973)
- Embrasse-moi (1989)
- Pullman paradis (1995)
- Malraux, tu m'étonnes! (2001)