Two of my heroes, Andre & Coqueline Courrèges, have been rocking their Cool Venture since the Sixties. Geometric & Space-Age design
Genius Andre Courrèges is the most plagiarized designer of his era. After M. Courrèges introduced his Space Age designs in 1964, the fashion world attempted to copy his
angular plastic skirts and jackets, crash helmets, white boots, goggle accessories, to name just a few concepts.
That Andre Courrèges studied to be a civil engineer
might account for his revolutionary expression: boxy silhouette styling.The clothes are triangles, trapezoids and squares in white/silver/aqua/orange/pink.
(Visionary Coqueline is driving the EXE, one of her many EV concepts.)
His clean, uncluttered couture captivated the fashion world, especially France, where he created the miniskirt.
Couture Future was born.
Fashion wasn't the only genre he conquered. Courrèges created some of the most enchanting fragrances of all time.
He and his wife, Coqueline, were two of the first eco-preneurs: The Maison de Courrèges, the fashion house run by André and Coqueline is a long-time
promoter of EVs, using them in fashion shows since 1969.
André and Coqueline Courrèges have produced a third fully-functional EV prototype, the Zooop, a lightweight car that can go 450 km (about 280 miles) per charge and uses "Lithium Polymer batteries that are lighter, have greater power density don't overheat, charge quicker and offer many more recharges" and can reach speeds of 180 km/h (about 112 mph), according to Gizmag.
The EXE is the second prototype of the electric car realized by Coqueline Courrèges , who has chosen lithium-ion for its performance.
Battery voltage: 370V
Battery capacity: 149 A/h
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