About Jacques Heim
Jacques Heim was a French fashion designer and costume designer for theater and film, and was a manufacturer of women's furs. From 1930 to his death in 1967, he ran the fashion house Jacques Heim, which closed in 1969. He was president of the Paris Chambre Syndicale de la haute couture from 1958 to 1962, a period of transition from haute couture to ready-to-wear clothing. In the early 1920s, Heim started working in his parents' fur business, which they had founded in 1898. In 1932, Heim created a two-piece swimsuit consisting of a bra with ruffles and pretty bloomers, which he called the Atome. Réard's design, unlike Heim's, for the first time presented a female swimsuit with the navel exposed. In 1930, the workshop became the fashion house Jacques Heim.
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