Frans Molenaar

{{short description|Dutch fashion designer}} {{Infobox fashion designer |name = Frans Molenaar |image = Frans Molenaar in 1969.jpg |caption = Molenaar in 1969 |birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|05|11|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands |death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|01|09|1940|05|11|df=yes}} |death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands |resting_place = [[Zorgvlied (cemetery)|Zorgvlied]], Amsterdam |nationality = |education = |label_name = Frans Molenaar Couture |awards = |known_for = |occupation = [[Fashion designer]] }}

'''Frans Molenaar''' ({{IPA|nl|frɑns ˈmoːlənaːr}}; 11 May 1940 – 9 January 2015) was a Dutch [[fashion designer]].<ref name="history">{{in lang|nl}} [http://www.fransmolenaar.nl/ Frans Molenaar. Geschiedenis] (flash website). Retrieved on 2008-08-28.</ref>

He studied to become a [[tailor]] in Amsterdam from 1955 to 1958. After his studies he did an [[internship]] with [[Charles Montaigne]] in Paris from 1959 to 1960 and worked for [[Gérard Pipart]] at [[Nina Ricci (designer)|Nina Ricci]] also in Paris from 1961 to 1964.<ref name="history"/>

In 1967 he started his own business "Frans Molenaar Couture" and he worked as an ''[[haute couture]]'' designer since.<ref name="history"/>

He initiated the fashion award ''Frans Molenaar prijs'' in 1995.<ref name="history"/>

Molenaar died 9 January 2015, aged 74, after suffering injuries from falling down a staircase at his home in December 2014.<ref name="telegraaf-20150112">{{in lang|nl}} "[https://blendle.com/i/de-telegraaf/frans-molenaar-kwam-nooit-meer-thuis/bnl-telegraaf-20150112-1_25_4 Frans Molenaar kwam nooit meer thuis...]", ''[[De Telegraaf]]'', 2015.</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Frans Molenaar}} *[http://www.fransmolenaar.nl/ Frans Molenaar] (official website)

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