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license for the Courrèges brand, with a retail value of €50 million. By this point, Coqueline Courrèges had succeeded her husband as artistic director for the brand, Courrèges having retired in 1995 following their successful reclamation of the brand in 1994 despite several ownership changes.
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The most important influence on world fashion during 1965 came from...André Courrèges. For its far-reaching repercussions, his widely publicized...collection could only be compared with the
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calf-high boots that added a confident flair to the ensemble. This look became one of the most important fashion developments of the decade and was widely copied." Its impact was so transformative that some fashion writers compared it to
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