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Maggy Rouff
French fashion designer (1896 - 1971)
Maggy Rouff (September 1, 1896– August 7, 1971)[1] was a French fashion designer of Belgian origin.[2]
Family and early life
Maggy Rouff was born Marguerite de Wagner in 1896,[3] to a Belgian couple (though Madame de Wagner was German-born).[4] In 1902, Rouff's parents opened a couture house in Paris under the name Drécoll.
This was a branch of the well-known Viennese fashion house Drécoll. Founded in 1896 by Christoff von Drécoll, the fashion house was a favorite of the Austro-Hungarian imperial family.[5] Monsieur and Madame de Wagner paid for the right to use the Drécoll name in Paris while designing their own fashions.[6]
Career
Marguerite (Maggy) de Wagner married Pierre Besançon in October 1917 in Paris and both subsequently adopted the name Besançon de Wagner.
In 1929, Marguerite Besançon de Wagner opened a new fashion house at 136 avenue des Champs