Caroline Reboux

Caroline Reboux
Reboux in 1901
Born	c. 1840 Paris, France
Died	1927
Nationality	French
Occupation	Milliner
Known for	Innovations in women's fashion (hats), setting trends in Europe and North America

Caroline Reboux (circa 1840–1927)^[1][2] was a Parisian milliner and French fashion designer. She opened her first boutique at 23 rue de la paix in Paris in 1865, which she continued to operate throughout her life. Reboux opened other shops in Paris and London starting in 1870. She trained other milliners who became famous in their own right, including American milliner Lilly Daché and French milliner Rose Valois. Reboux's most famous shop (opened in 1935) was located at 9 Avenue Matignon in Paris, which carried on operating after her death for almost three decades under the direction of Lucienne Rabaté known as "Mademoiselle Lucienne" the most famous parisian milliner at that time .

Reboux was the first person in fashion design to add a veil to women's hats, also promoting the vogue of colored veils. She created unique hat innovations, updating models such as the large-brimmed straw Gainsborough hats, and she is credited as one of the earliest milliners to introduce the cloche hat in 1914. For over fifty years, from about 1870, she was known as the queen of creative fashion hats and given the nickname "Queen of the Milliners." She was appointed to represent Parisian commerce at the Paris World's Fair of 1900.