Introduction
Maxime de La Falaise was a French-born model, designer and cultural figure who worked across Paris and London fashion. At Chloé, she belonged to Gaby Aghion’s early network of freelance designers and collaborated directly with Aghion on the Autumn/Winter 1960 Embrun shirt-dress, combining a jersey bodice with a silk-twill skirt.
Her Chloé contribution sits within a wider career as a model, muse and intermediary in post-war fashion, including connections to Yves Saint Laurent and the de La Falaise family’s later place in Paris style. Embrun provides unusually clear evidence of her design authorship and of Aghion’s collaborative method.
Design ethos
The surviving Chloé evidence shows de La Falaise working through ease, fabric contrast and an understanding of clothes worn in motion. Embrun joined the directness of a shirt-dress to the differing behaviour of jersey and silk twill, giving polish without rigid construction.
Her role was collaborative rather than organised around a long house tenure. The garment records a working exchange in which sketch, fabric selection and Aghion’s edit were shared parts of authorship.
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Career history
1960
Maxime de La Falaise worked within Gaby Aghion’s early freelance network and co-designed the 1960 Embrun shirt-dress with her. The documented collaboration shows how Chloé’s collections combined outside sketches, Aghion’s fabric choices and a shared final edit.
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