Ode to Pauline Trigere

Fashion History Links for Pauline Trigere 

The Fashion School, Kent State University

According to this school's biography page for Pauline Trigere:

Pauline Trigere came from a family where everyone was involved in the garment production business. Her father produced military uniforms in his native country of Russia and then in the later part of the Twentieth century he designed for stores such as Galeries Lafayette and Bon Marche. Her mother had a Paris boutique and her atelier was in the back of the apartment where Pauline grew up. Later, she would marry Lazar Radley, who was a Paris suit and coat manufacturer. So, Pauline Trigere learned the trade by observation and by being a member of a family where learning the business at an early stage in life was inevitable.

In the 1930s Pauline, her two young sons, her brother and her mother set out with the thought of making a new life for themselves in Chile. They stopped in New York and Adele Simpson helped Pauline find a job with Hattie Carnegie. However, during the depression Carnegie had to dismiss Trigere. This only spurred her on to open her own business, which grew enormously as the war years forced the U.S. to focus on its own design talent.

By 1949, Trigere had won her first Cody Award. Two years later she would have the second one. A decade later, in 1959, she became the first woman to be elected to fashion's Hall of Fame.

Today, in 2001, Pauline Trigere remains an energetic woman filled with design ideas. She is a lively hostess and continues to enjoy a beautiful party, and is frequently photographed in vibrant red. Currently, Golden Violin offers on-line and catalog customers her creativity for the senior market in the form of pouches on walkers and eyeglass cases.

The reader will enjoy reading the articles identified in the bibliography included with this web site. We invite you to view the images of her sketches and her garments that we have at Kent State University. If you are a researcher and wish to come in person for additional information, please contact us.

A special thank you to Pauline Trigere for making her archives available to the world through the June F. Mohler Library at Kent State University!

Elizabeth A. Rhodes, Ph.D.
Director and Professor

Shannon Rodgers & Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design & Merchandising
Kent State University

This link will direct you to the school's web content that deal exclusively with Pauline Trigere and includes a biography, Illustration by Season, Museum Collection, Bibliography.

History of Fashion and Costume

Pauline Trigere was born in Paris, France in 1909 to Russian Jewish émigré parents. She knew how to operate a sewing machine by the age of 10 and assisted her dressmaker mother. Her father was a tailor who had made military uniforms for the Russian aristocracy. Pauline grew up in an atmosphere of fine tailoring....

Pauline Trigere on IMDb

Pauline Trigere on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more...

Doyle New York

Auctioneers and appraisers of fine art, jewelry, furniture, decorations and a variety of other categories. Scroll down the page a little less than half way and you will find a great little blurb about Trigere and two images of her designs that sold at auction one a coat for $4,780 and the other a silk dress that sold for $2,987.

Where can you find those Pauline Trigere artifacts you ask? 

Great items up for auction on Ebay

This link will take you to Pauline Trigere auctions on ebay.

Fashion Dig

FASHIONDIG offers stylish vintage clothing and accessories including vintage jewelry, designer handbags, and vintage coats and furs from select vintage clothes dealers. This link brings you to the Fashion Dig's PAULINE TRIGERE page.

Woodland Farms Antiques & Vintage

Pauline Trigere Black Wool Dress from Woodland Farms Antiques & Vintage offers a fine selection of ladies vintage clothing as well as men's vintage clothing from pre-Civil War through the 1960s.

Vintage Grace

1980s Scarlet Red Pauline Trigere Silk Dress, Geometric Print from

SO VINTAGE PATTERNS

FAB 60s COCKTAIL DRESS PATTERN PAULINE TRIGERE McCALLS 6567 from SO VINTAGE PATTERNS

Check out Bring It Back Vintage!

This journey began when I was a little girl. I would go through a chest that my stylish French mother kept up in the attic. No matter how often I did, I never tired of this ritual of mine. The two items

eRL: The eVintage Resource Library at The eVintage Society

The eVintage Resource LibraryeRL’s URLs is a Vintage Fashion Web Directory that offers links to all things vintage & retro including vintage by decade, designers & labels, care & cons

Pauline Trigère - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pauline Trigère (1909-2002) was a French-born American fashion designer, known for her crisp, tailored cuts and innovative ideas.
The daughter of a tailor, Trigère was able to operate a sewing machine by age

[Deathwatch] Pauline Trigere, fashion designer, 93

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Vintage Fashion Guild Label Resource

Excellent resource for identifying labels and dating some. Just click on the "Label Resource" button to the left then click on the red "T" for Trigere, scroll down to her name and click on it. The Vintage Fashion Guild (VFG) is an international collective with members in the USA, UK and Canada. Wether you become a member or just explore thier website, it is an excellent educational resource!

Fuzzylizzie Vintage Clothing

Fashion with a Sense of History: provides some more information about the Trigere label, history and some great images.

Examples of her Exquisite creations! 

Phoenix Art Museum

Breathtaking green and black chiffon scarf dress

Pauline Trigere's Canvas Trigere Coat

Coat from Doyles auction

Pauline Trigere Nude Silk Satin Halter Evening Dress 1950's

Evening dress from Doyles auction

Memphis Vintage

1960s Pauline Trigere Plaid Silk Evening Gown with Matching Capelet

Memphis Vintage

Vintage Pauline Trigere 1960s Gold Lace Evening Dress

Back In Style

Pauline Trigere Navy Blue Wool Military Coat #3545

Vintage Virtuosa

Cream Vintage Wool Coat by Pauline Trigere, C. 1950's

Enokiworld.com

1970s Pauline Trigere Wool Dress Suit with Black Fox

Fashion Encyclopedia

Scroll down the page a bit to view two black and whites from 1966 fashion show showcasing Trigere creations

A. American broadtail dinner dress with a
rhinestone border

B.chiffon ensemble with plumes