agnès b. (born Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé, 1941) is a French fashion designer with a namesake fashion label. Her designs are characterized as simple and accessible, and her signature item is the snap cardigan.
She uses her brand to finance art and cinema projects.
Life and early career
Agnès was born and raised in Versailles, and was one of four children.[1]
Agnès married and had children with Christian Bourgois, who later became a successful book publisher. They separated when Agnès was 20, but she kept the "B" from his surname for her brand.[2]
She began working at Elle magazine after a fashion editor noticed her personal style and offered her a job.[1] Agnès worked as a junior fashion editor, then pivoted to freelance fashion design.[3]