Mademoiselle Pagelle (died 1774) was a French

fashion designer Fashion is a form of self-expression and autonomy at a particular period and place and in a specific context, of clothing, footwear, lifestyle, accessories, makeup, hairstyle, and body posture. The term implies a look defined by the fashion in ...

('' Couturier'') and a ''

Marchande de modes Marchande de modes was a French Guild organisation for women fashion merchants or milliners, normally meaning ornaments for headdresses, hats and dresses, within the city of Paris, active from August 1776 until 1791. It played a dominating role wit ...

''.Langlade, Émile.
Rose Bertin, the creator of fashion at the court of Marie-Antoinette
' (London: John Long, 1913). She had a shop in Paris named '' Trait Galant''. She enjoyed great success and was a supplier of the royal courts of France and Spain. Among her clients were Louise Marie Adelaide de Bourbon, Louise-Elisabeth de Bourbon, Marguerite Caron de Rancurel (mistress of Charles, Count of Charolais) and

Madame du Barry Jeanne Bécu, Comtesse du Barry (19 August 1743 – 8 December 1793) was the last ''maîtresse-en-titre'' of King Louis XV of France. She was executed, by guillotine, during the French Revolution due to accounts of treason—particularly being ...

. She was the dressmaker for Madame du Barry during her years as the official royal mistress of

Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...

(1769–1774). In history, Pagelle has become known as the mentor of Rose Bertin, who was employed in her establishment in 1763, and became her business partner when she secured the order for the trousseau of Louise Marie Adelaide de Bourbon; Bertin left the partnership to establish her own business in 1770, and became a fierce business rival. In 1774, Pagelle declared bankruptcy and her client Madame du Barry also (after a period as a client of Le Sieur Beaulard) also joined the clients of Rose Bertin.

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{{reflist French fashion designers French milliners 18th-century French businesswomen Year of birth missing 1774 deaths French women fashion designers