Mad Carpentier

{{Short description|American fashion design house}}

Mad Carpentier was an American fashion design house, created in January 1940 in Paris by Mad Maltezos and Suzie Carpentier. It was created after Madeleine Vionnet, their former employer, closed in 1939.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105780726/new-houses-show-wares/ |title=New Houses Show Wares |newspaper=Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle |location=Milwaukee |page=5 |date=March 22, 1940 |accessdate=July 17, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}} They stayed open during World War II,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105781085/paris-fashion-designer-roll-call-include/ |title=Paris Fashion Designer Roll Call Includes Many Famous Names |first=Rosette |last=Hargrove |newspaper=Marshfield News-Herald |location=Marshfield, Wisconsin |page=7 |date=January 16, 1945 |accessdate=July 17, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}} and were very popular in the 1940s.{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com/Le-Ma/Mad-Carpentier.html |title=Mad Carpentier - Fashion Designer Encyclopedia - women, new, body, history, collection, dresses, look |publisher=Fashionencyclopedia.com |date=1948-04-14 |accessdate=2013-12-03}} With an unusual name, newspaper reports of the era sometimes referred to Mad Carpentier as if it was a single person.

In fashion history and for many clients, Mad Carpentier represented a continuation of Vionnet's bias cut and elegance. In the late 1940s, Mad Carpentier was celebrated for the evening dresses and its remarkable and popular coats in 1940s and 1950s, breaking with the Vionnet tradition. The partnership ended in late 1957, when Mad Maltezos left to join Patou.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105781931/couturier-joins-patou/ |title=Couturier Joins Patou |agency=New York Herald Tribune Syndicate |newspaper=Valley Times |location=North Hollywood, Los Angeles |page=40 |date=October 31, 1957 |accessdate=July 17, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105781527/paris-says-go-dancing-in-knee-high-skirt/ |title=Paris Says Go Dancing In Knee-High Skirts |first=Adeline |last=Fitzgerald |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer |location=Charlotte, North Carolina |page=29 |date=February 28, 1958 |accessdate=July 17, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}