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Carven

LC control no.nr2001001543
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Personal name headingCarven
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Variant(s)Mallet, Carmen
Mallet, Carven
Carven, Marie-Louise
Tommaso, Carmen de
De Tommaso, Carmen
Carven, Madame
Birth date19090831
Death date20150608
Place of birthChâtellerault (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityFashion design
Profession or occupationFashion designers
Found inCarven, un demi-siècle d'élégance, 1995
Fairchild's dictionary of fashion, 1998: p. 626 (Carven, Mme. Carmen Mallet; French designer)
Contemporary fashion, c1995: p. 86 (Mme Carven Mallet)
LCCN 2002423450: Madame Carven, grand couturier, 2002.
New York times (online), viewed June 10, 2015 (in obituary published June 9: Marie-Louise Carven; b. Carmen de Tommaso, Aug. 31, 1909, Châtellerault; d. Monday [June 8, 2015], Paris, aged 105; founded the House of Carven and helped shape French fashion in the postwar years; known professionally as Madame Carven)