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The History of the Herve Leger Bandage Dress

By A Mystery Man Writer

In the pantheon of famous dresses, you'd have the LBD, the wedding gown, the wrapdress, and, residing at the absolute sexiest end of the hall, the bandage dress. The figure-hugging style basically ushered in the term "body-con" and has had a sexiest who's-who list wearing it since the first style was introduced by designer Hervé L. Leroux in the early 90s. If you're thinking about another designer named Hervé, hold please: Leroux and Léger are one and the same. The original bandage dress creator was christened Hervé Peugnet, but the name was deemed clunky by Karl Lagerfeld after the young designer went to work for him at Fendi. He adopted Léger at Lagerfeld's suggestion and kept it when he went on to start his own label. When Max Azria acquired the brand in the late '90s, Léger took up the surname Leroux for the new label he started in 2000. Hervé Peugnet at his Hervé Léger at his runway show in 1998 But back to pre-Azria bandage dresses. A New York Times runway review, published in 1993, calls Léger's speciality "elastic strips of fabric sewn together to make girdle-tight dresses." The piece also reveals that his brand received financing from
In the pantheon of famous dresses, you'd have the LBD, the wedding gown, the wrapdress, and, residing at the absolute sexiest end of the hall, the bandage dress. The figure-hugging style basically ushered in the term body-con and has had a sexiest who's-who list wearing it since the first style was introduced by designer Hervé L. Leroux in the early 90s. If you're thinking about another designer named Hervé, hold please: Leroux and Léger are one and the same. The original bandage dress creator was christened Hervé Peugnet, but the name was deemed clunky by Karl Lagerfeld after the young designer went to work for him at Fendi. He adopted Léger at Lagerfeld's suggestion and kept it when he went on to start his own label. When Max Azria acquired the brand in the late '90s, Léger took up the surname Leroux for the new label he started in 2000. Hervé Peugnet at his Hervé Léger at his runway show in 1998 But back to pre-Azria bandage dresses. A New York Times runway review, published in 1993, calls Léger's speciality elastic strips of fabric sewn together to make girdle-tight dresses. The piece also reveals that his brand received financing from