Jeanne Lanvin
| Jeanne-Marie Lanvin | |
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Portrait of Jeanne Lanvin in 1925 by Clémentine-Hélène Dufau, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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| Born | 1 January 1867 Paris, France |
| Died | 6 July 1946 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Couturière, fashion designer |
| Known for | the founder of Lanvin |
| Spouse(s) | Count Emilio di Pietro (1895－1903) Xavier Melet (1907－) |
| Children | Marguerite (1897－1958) |
| Parent(s) | Constantin Lanvin Sophie Deshayes |
| Website | www |
Jeanne-Marie Lanvin (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi lɑ̃vɛ̃]; 1 January 1867 – 6 July 1946) was a French haute couture fashion designer. She founded the Lanvin fashion house and the beauty and perfume company Lanvin Parfums.
Jeanne Lanvin was born in Paris on 1 January 1867, the daughter of Constantin Lanvin and Sophie Deshayes. The eldest of 11 children, she became an apprentice milliner at Madame Félix in Paris at the age of 16 and trained with Suzanne Talbot before becoming a milliner on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in 1889.
In 1895, Lanvin married Count Emilio di Pietro, an Italian nobleman, and two years later gave birth to a daughter, Marguerite (also known as Marie-Blanche) (1897–1958). The couple's only child, Marguerite di Pietro became an opera singer, married the Count Jean de Polignac (1888–1943), and became, on the death of her mother, the director of the Lanvin fashion house. Lanvin and di Pietro divorced in 1903. Lanvin's second husband, whom she married in 1907, was Xavier Melet, a journalist at the newspaper Les Temps and later the French consul in Manchester, England.
In 1909, Lanvin joined the Syndicat de la Couture, which marked her formal status as a couturière. The clothing Lanvin made for her daughter began to attract the attention of a number of wealthy people who requested copies for their own children. Soon, Lanvin was making dresses for their mothers, and some of the most famous names in Europe were included in the clientele of her new boutique on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris.
From 1923, the Lanvin empire included a dye factory in Nanterre. In the 1920s, Lanvin opened shops devoted to home décor, menswear, furs and lingerie.
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