René Bégué (1887-1987) Known As Rébé, Formerly Fabrics And Pearls

René Bégué (1887-1987), is at the origin of Rébé, whose embroideries will feed the creators in the field of haute couture for more than half a century. René Bégué is a very talented designer and a brilliant colorist, driven by the taste for splendor who learned his trade with Poiret and Paquin. Andrée Pichard, whom René met in the early 1920s and who will become his partner and his wife, began her career as a milliner and has an excellent knowledge of fabrics and a particular gift for an uninhibited and arrangement of materials. Together they form an exceptional duo who will irrigate the greatest haute couture houses with dazzling creations. Rébé is a real nugget of haute couture and French textile heritage, still unknown to the general public but whose name resonates like a myth among couturiers. To specify some gaps in the pearls