Biography

Jacques Heim (8 May 1899 – 8 January 1967) 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 (maison de couture) 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. Jacques Heim was born in Paris. His parents were Isidore and Jeanne Heim, Jews of Polish origin. In the early 1920s, Heim started working in his parents' fur business, which they had founded in 1898. He took over the busine...Read More