Primrose Bordier (20 March 1929– 21 November 1995) was a French designer, known for her innovations with colour in fabric.
[1] She was a design director for Le Printemps, the French department store chain, and in this capacity, introduced the use of colour in household linen (e.g. bedsheets and towels).
Bordier was inspired by a trip to the US, as the practice was unknown in Europe at the time.
She then began a long and successful collaboration with Le Jacquard Francais in 1978.
[2] In 1976, Bordier became the first female designer to receive the French Legion of Honor.