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The association of France with fashion and style (la mode) is widely credited as beginning during the reign of Louis XIV [5] when the luxury goods industries in France came increasingly under royal control and the French royal court became, arguably, the arbiter of taste and style in Europe. The rise in prominence of French fashion was linked ...
The French fashion house launched a unique collection geared for the modern, American woman. Two further US boutiques were opened in 1997 located on the West Coast. [ 1 ] Following the success of its American women's collection, Façonnable released the range for general sale across Europe in 1999.
Charvet Place Vendôme (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁvɛ plas vɑ̃dɔm]), commonly known as Charvet, is a French high-end shirt maker and tailor located at 28 Place Vendôme in Paris The company designs, produces and sells bespoke and ready-to-wear shirts, neckties, blouses , pyjamas and suits in its Parisian store, as well as internationally ...
Marithé + François Girbaud is an international clothing company based in France and founded by stylists François Girbaud and Marithé Bachellerie in 1972. [2] [3] [4] They created several brands : Compagnie des montagnes et des forêts, Ça, Closed, Matricule 11342, etc. [5] They are world-known especially for industrialization of the stonewash (stone washing process), baggy trousers and ...
Shirt sleeves were full, gathered at the wrist and dropped shoulder. Full-dress shirts had ruffles of fine fabric or lace, while undress shirts ended in plain wrist bands. A small turnover collar returned to fashion, worn with the stock. In England, clean, white linen shirts were considered important in Men's attire. [10]
In 1987, Jean Touitou created a clothing line which would later become the A.P.C. brand. The clothes from this first menswear collection wear labels that only mention “HIVER 1987”. [ 1 ] It was only in 1989 that the labels referring to the seasons are replaced with A.P.C. labels, confirming the creation of the brand.
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A ruff from the early 17th century: detail from The Regentesses of St Elizabeth Hospital, Haarlem, by Verspronck A ruff from the 1620s. A ruff is an item of clothing worn in Western, Central and Northern Europe, as well as Spanish America, from the mid-16th century to the mid-17th century.