[1] During the Second World War Crahay served as a non-commissioned officer in the Belgian Army, being captured in 1940 and spending five years as a prisoner-of-war in Germany.
[1] In Crahay's words, it was a "financial flop after one year,"[4] but he was subsequently employed by Robert Ricci as a designer for his mother's couture house.
[3] Following his first collection, the journalist Eugenia Sheppard declared "Crahay's gay, wisecracking style and Lanvin's elegant workroom get together like bread and butter.
"[6] She also described how his colours stood out among that season's "terribly washed-out" palette, praised his use of abstract, "unromantic" prints, and noted his inventive coatdresses.
Two 1971 ensembles called Málaga (after the Spanish municipality) and Djerba (after the North African island) were made up in exclusive fabrics by the Scottish artist Eduardo Paolozzi.