c.1955 Jean Desses Green Silk Dress w Fused Velvet DetailingJean Desses became a designated Haute Couture house under the official Chambre Syndicate de la Haute Couture in 1937. In 1949 he began a ready to wear line to broaden his client base. However, his career was fairly short lived and by 1960 the couture portion of his business was closed, followed by the closure of the ready to wear line five years later. When he expanded his atelier to serve the overseas market in the late 1950s, he was among the small