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Jean Patou (1880-1936)

Chanel’s greatest rival in the battle for the post-World War I customer established the modern ideal of beauty when he hired long-limbed, flat-chested models with short hair from the USA.
Jean Patou, here aboard a liner, c. 1925. | Source: Getty Images

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