Primrose Bordier (20 March 1929– 21 November 1995) was a

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designer, known for her innovations with colour in fabric. She was born in Paris. She was a design director for

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, the French department store chain, and in this capacity, introduced the use of colour in household linen (e.g. bedsheets and towels). Bordier was inspired by a trip to the US, as the practice was unknown in Europe at the time. She then began a long and successful collaboration with Le Jacquard Francais in 1978. In 1976, Bordier became the first female designer to receive the French

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. In 1966, she married Charles Gombault, the editor-in-chief of ''France-Soir''. She died in the Cochin Hospital in Paris in 1995.

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