Miniskirt inventor, André Courrèges still alive?

  • By Michael Green
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Some think the fashion designer is still alive, say his death a hoax.

News of André Courrèges’s death on January 7, 2016 stunned the world. Ever since, millions of fans worldwide have come to believe the fashion designer’s death was a hoax and that he was still alive and well.

UPDATE 07/04/2026 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

André Courrèges Death Hoax: Is He Still Among Us?

“ There are just too many unanswered questions, too many coincidences, too many things just don’t make sense, ” a fan told the media.

Overzealous fans started investigating the strange and conflicting circumstances surrounding the ‘death’ of André Courrèges, offering ‘incontestable evidence’ that the fashion designer was still alive. More than 2 millions people have clicked on the popular YouTube video ‘André Courrèges alive?! Shocking proof’ and nearly 30,000 people have commented on.

A wide array of the fashion designer’s fans are convinced the video proves conclusively that André Courrèges is still alive.

New Wave of André Courrèges Sightings

Moreover, ever since his death in 2016, hundreds of eyewitnesses claimed to have spotted him in many cities around the world, in shopping malls, taxis, even in a restaurant in Pau (André Courrèges’s Hometown).

André Courrèges would be 103 years-old today.

Will we ever know the truth? Probably not, but the legend that is André Courrèges will live on forever. Some things are just too good to be forgotten.

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