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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Charvet Place Vendome, Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Roland Mouret, Lacoste, House of Worth, Paule Ka, Yves Saint Laurent, Cerruti, Skis Rossignol, Dior Homme, Givenchy, Quechua, Le Coq Sportif, Damart, Decathlon Group, Celine, Salomon Group, Longchamp, Moncler, Faconnable, Aigle, Oxbow, A.P.C., Balmain, Gunhild, Sixpack France, Montagut, Airness, Alain Figaret, M.Dia, Chantelle, Gerbe, Camaieu. Excerpt: ) Charvet Place Vendome, pronounced, or simply Charvet, is a French high-end shirt maker and tailor located at 28 place Vendome in Paris. It designs, produces and sells bespoke and ready-to-wear shirts, neckties, blouses, pajamas and suits, in the Paris store and internationally through luxury retailers. The world's first ever shirt shop, Charvet was founded in 1838. Since the 19th century, it has supplied bespoke shirts and haberdashery to kings, princes and heads of state. It has acquired an international reputation for the high quality of its products, the level of its service and the wide range of its designs and colors. Thanks to the renown of its ties, charvet has become a generic name for a certain type of silk fabric used for ties. Its exceptionally long history is associated with many famous customers, some of them infatuated with the brand. Also, writers have often expressed their characters' identity through references to Charvet. Louise Charvet, Napoleon's linen keeper, around 1813, Malmaison museum.The store was founded in 1836 or in 1838 by Joseph-Christophe Charvet, known as Christofle Charvet (1809-1870). His father Jean-Pierre, native of Strasbourg, had been "curator of the wardrobe" for Napoleon Bonaparte, a position created at the beginning of the Empire. The curator assisted the chamberlain or "master of the wardrobe," who supervised all aspects of the emperor's ...
