Leïla Menchari

Leïla Menchari (Arabic: ليلى المنشاري‎; 27 September 1927 – 4 April 2020) was a Tunisian designer and decorator.[2]

Leïla Menchari
Born27 September 1927[1]
Tunis, French Tunisia
Died4 April 2020(2020-04-04) (aged 92)
Hammamet, Tunisia
NationalityTunisian
OccupationDesigner
Decorator

Biography

Menchari was born in Tunis in 1927.[3] Her father was a lawyer and her mother, Habiba Menchari, was known for her lectures on female empowerment. As a teenager, she met Jean and Violet Henson, who introduced Menchari to horticulture and helped her meet artists such as Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Christian Bérard, and Serge Lifar.[4] In 1943, she entered the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts, and the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1948.[5]

In Paris, Menchari met Azzedine Alaïa.[6] She also met Guy Laroche, who helped her become a star model. However, Menchari quit Laroche's business following the death of her mother and became the decorator for Hermès International headquarters on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. She worked for Hermès as a decorator for over fifty years. She also designed gloves, bags, and clothing, including a coat worn by actress María Félix. Her other responsibilities including supervising the factoring of glass manufacturer Saint-Louis.[7]

Leïla Menchari died on 4 April 2020 in Hammamet, Tunisia due to COVID-19.[8]

Exposition
  • Hermès à tire-d'aile - les mondes de Leïla Menchari (2017, Grand Palais, Paris)
gollark: Just use RAID0 on 10-year-old hard drives purchased from ebay in a heated case in a washing machine.
gollark: Your baby photographs are priceless. If they're gone, you can't get them back again. And who knows, maybe you have 10TB of them somehow.
gollark: Did you mean to ping the person asking about the server?
gollark: A modern Pentium might be faster than an old i3. They improve the IPC sometimes.
gollark: Well, not *directly*, I presume.

References
  1. Friedman, Vanessa (6 April 2020). "Leïla Menchari, Who Turned Store Windows Into Art, Dies at 93". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. "Décès de la grande artiste tunisienne Leila Menchari". FemmesMaghrebines.com (in French). 5 April 2020.
  3. "Leïla Menchari, dessinez-moi vos rêves". France Culture (in French). 9 December 2018.
  4. "Leïla Menchari, des terres tunisiennes à l'apparat des vitrines Hermès". Libération (in French). 15 December 2017.
  5. "Leïla Menchari, magicienne en chef". Le Monde (in French). 28 November 2008.
  6. "Leïla Menchari". Jeune Afrique (in French). 3 June 2010.
  7. "Sur les pas de Leïla Menchari, artiste, féministe et "reine mage" d'Hermès". TV5Monde (in French). 1 December 2017.
  8. "Leïla Menchari, la fée des vitrines Hermès s'en est allée". Libération (in French). 5 April 2020.
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