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- BUSINESS, Page 89Business NotesFASHIONBye-Bye, Bohan
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- The world of French haute couture was atwitter over the
- news. After nearly 30 years as artistic director of Christian
- Dior, celebrated couturier Marc Bohan, 62, had been
- unceremoniously ousted. Succeeding him at the house that has
- long epitomized French fashion: Milanese designer Gianfranco
- Ferre, 45. Dior's managing director, Beatrice Bongibault-Dhjan,
- implied that Bohan's departure was sort of his idea. Said she:
- "It was elegant of Bohan to know when to leave."
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- Mais non, said Bohan. In an interview with Figaro, he
- claimed that the changeover had come as a terrible blow. French
- couturiers were irked that Dior had not chosen a replacement
- from the ranks of Gallic designers. In fact, Dior is getting
- ready for the hot competition that will result from European
- unification in 1992. In the past decade Ferre has won numerous
- prizes for sophisticated ready-to-wear clothing that might sell
- better in the broader market than Bohan's classical creations.
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