About
From Vogue Patterns:
Christian Aujard is known as the "Couturier of Ready to Wear". His soft, feminine clothes, found in boutiques from Toulouse to Toronto, are yours here to recreate in all their perfection.
Biography (excerpted from Encyclopedia of Fashion)
Born: Brittany in 1945. Family: Married Michele Domercq, 1972; children: Richard, Giles. Career: Worked as a delivery boy, stock clerk, then financial manager for Charles Maudret wholesale ready-to-wear firm, 1964-67; formed own ready-to-wear company with Michele Aujard, 1968; firm carried by Michele after Christian's death, 1977; first freestanding boutique opened, Paris, 1978; company purchased by Société Bic, 1983; fashions manufactured and distributed by Guy Laroche, and licensed to Japan's Itokin Group. Died: 8 March 1977, in Paris.
