Chloe Mendel Corgan
Chloé Mendel (born 1992) is a fashion designer, creative director, business owner, and musician. She is the partner of Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, with whom they have two children. Her and Corgan own Madame ZuZu's, a tea shop, vegan restaurant and performance space in Highland Park, Illinois.[1]
Mendel has occasionally performed live with Corgan, usually as a vocalist but she played piano on one song at Madame Zuzu's one year anniversary celebration.
Background
Raised in New York City, Mendel is the daughter of celebrity fave-designer Gilles Mendel of J. Mendel and Jenny Mui.[2] She is the sixth generation family member of the house of Mendel.[3]
Mendel has two children with her partner Billy Corgan. She gave birth to a son named Augustus Juppiter Corgan[4] on November 16, 2015. They welcomed their second child, a daughter named Philomena Clementine Corgan,[5] on October 2, 2018.
Maison Atia
Mendel studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago working with her father before launching our own faux-fur brand[6] with Gustave Maisonrouge in 2017, called Maison Atia.[7][8] The brand gained popularity among millennials thanks to Gigi Hadid[9] and Vogue Paris named it most trendy faux-fur of the winter[10] in 2019.
With Billy Corgan, she also run a tea salon in Chicago called Madame Zuzus
Touring stats
- Total shows: 13 shows
- First performance: Billy Corgan 2013-09-26 at Madame ZuZu's, Highland Park, IL, US
- Last performance: Billy Corgan 2023-12-31 at Madame ZuZu's, Highland Park, IL, US
References
- ↑ Barnas, Tom. "Billy Corgan's Madame ZuZu's Teahouse reborn in art deco space reminiscent of a 1930's tea salon". WGN9.
- ↑ Ashlock, Jesse. "From Russia With Love". The New York Times.
- ↑ https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/tmagazine/interactive/jmendel.html
- ↑ http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/billy-corgan-welcomes-son-augustus-juppiter-corgan-w160199
- ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8478118/smashing-pumpkins-billy-corgan-daughter-announcement-philomena
- ↑ "Chloé Mendel Introduces New Line of Faux Furs". Visual Therapy.
- ↑ Onoda, Masato. "Brand to Know: Coats (and Home Goods) Made Entirely of Faux Fur". The New York Times Style Magazine.
- ↑ Borrell-Persson, Laird. "Maison Atia Is a Kate Moss–Approved Luxury Faux-Fur Brand That Plays With the Concept of Heritage". Vogue.
- ↑ https://www.popsugar.com/fashion/photo-gallery/44448015/image/44451627/Maison-Atia-Coat
- ↑ https://www.vogue.fr/mode/article/on-a-trouve-la-marque-de-fausse-fourrure-la-plus-mode-de-lhiver-maison-atia-mode