From 1949 with the death of his father he took over a workshop that made embroidery for d’Elsa Schiaparelli, Pierre Balmain, Cristobal Balenciaga, Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior, Patou, Chanel (only under Lagerfeld), Christian Lacroix and eventually American designers such as Calvin Klein and de la Renta.
― M. White, Thursday, 1 December 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link