LEO CHEVALIER

designer LEO CHEVALIER
1934-2002
website NO
classification RTW
established 1960s
city of operation MONTREAL
available CANADA

A GREAT VISUAL HIT OF CANADIAN FASHION DESIGNER LEO CHEVALIER, LIVE FROM THE CBC ca 1975

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Leo Chevalier helped blaze a trail for Canadian designers by challenging the established Montreal rag trade that customarily focused on importing designs from New York and Paris. He designed his first collection in 1963 and opened his own haute couture house, Le Cheval, in Montreal in 1967. By the mid 1980s, Chevalier had 10 people working his design studio.

In 1972, he won the high profile contract to design Air Canada’s in-flight uniforms.
In 1979, he became the first designer ever to receive the Order of Canada.
IN 1979 he introduced LEO CHEVALIER PERFUME

Leo Chevalier died of Alzheimer’s disease on June 20, 2000. He was 65.

Toronto Life Fashion 1980 Summer