Jacques Griffe

Jacques Griffe (1909–1996) was a French couturier and fashion designer.

Biography Griffe was born in Carcassonne, France. From 1936 to 1939 he worked with Madeleine Vionnet as a cutter, before launching his own couture house in 1942. He paid tribute to his mentor not only through his cutting and draping, but by featuring his own fingerprint on his dress labels as Vionnet herself did. Vionnet also gave him a miniature mannequin to use for developing his designs, and the colleagues eventually became friends in 1948.

His designs are in the collections of many museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Palais Galliera.