Charvet Place Vendôme or simply Charvet is a French high-end bespoke

Bespoke

Bespoke is a term employed in a variety of applications to mean an item custom-made to the buyer's specification...

 and ready-to-wear

Ready-to-wear

Ready-to-wear or prêt-à-porter is the term for factory-made clothing, sold in finished condition, in standardized sizes, as distinct from made to measure or bespoke clothing tailored to a particular person's frame. Off-the-peg is sometimes used for items which are not clothing.Ready-to-wear has...

 shirtmaker in Paris, France, with its flagship store located at 28 Place Vendôme

Place Vendôme

Place Vendôme is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France, located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the Église de la Madeleine. It is the starting point of the Rue de la Paix. Its regular architecture by Jules Hardouin-Mansart and pedimented screens canted across the...

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Founded in 1838, the company is the world's first shirt shop ever. In relation to its bespoke

Bespoke

Bespoke is a term employed in a variety of applications to mean an item custom-made to the buyer's specification...

 level of service, Charvet's clients list has been compared to an "international fan base". Since the middle of the 19th century, the shirtmaker has been specialized in "royal haberdashery" and notable for its wide range of colours and patterns, which attracted artists. In the 20th century, with the development of fashion design, designers and fashion journalists became a significant customer group. Some other customers have developed such an interest in the brand that it has become a notable aspect of their personality.

Kings, princes and heads of state

Name, surname	Nationality	Occupation	Born
Abdul Hamid II Abdul Hamid II His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire...	Turkish	Sultan	1842
Alfonso XII of Spain Alfonso XII of Spain Alfonso XII was king of Spain, reigning from 1874 to 1885, after a coup d'état restored the monarchy and ended the ephemeral First Spanish Republic.-Early life and paternity:Alfonso was the son of Queen Isabella II of Spain, and...	Spanish	King	1857
Alfonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII of Spain Alfonso XIII was King of Spain from 1886 until 1931. His mother, Maria Christina of Austria, was appointed regent during his minority...	Spanish	King	1886
Antoine, Duke of Montpensier Antoine, Duke of Montpensier - Titles and styles:/*13 July 182421 September 1824: His Serene Highness Prince Antoine d'Orléans*21 September 18249 August 1830: His Royal Highness Prince Antoine d'Orléans...	French	Prince	1824
Barre, Raymond Raymond Barre Raymond Octave Joseph Barre was a French centre-right politician and economist. He was a Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs under three Presidents and later served as Prime Minister under Valéry Giscard d'Estaing from 1976 until 1981...	French	Prime minister	1924
Charles, Prince of Wales Charles, Prince of Wales Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...	British	Prince	1948
Chirac, Jacques Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac is a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He previously served as Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988 , and as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995.After completing his studies of the DEA's degree at the...	French	President	1932
Churchill, Winston Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...	British	Prime minister	1874
de Gaulle, Charles Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II. He later founded the French Fifth Republic in 1958 and served as its first President from 1959 to 1969....	French	President	1890
Deschanel, Paul Paul Deschanel Paul Eugène Louis Deschanel was a French statesman. He served as President of France from 18 February 1920 to 21 September 1920.-Biography:...	French	President	1855
Edward VII of the United Kingdom	English	King	1841
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...	English	Prince	1894
Farouk of Egypt Farouk of Egypt Farouk I of Egypt , was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936....	Egyptian	King	1920
Grimaldi, Stéphanie Princess Stéphanie of Monaco Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, Countess of Polignac is a member of the princely family of Monaco. She is the youngest child of Grace, Princess of Monaco and Rainier III of Monaco, and the sister of Albert II of Monaco and Princess Caroline...	Monegasque	Princess	1965
Haughey, Charles Charles Haughey Charles James "Charlie" Haughey was Taoiseach of Ireland, serving three terms in office . He was also the fourth leader of Fianna Fáil...	Irish	Prime minister	1925
Ali Jinnah, Muhamad Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....	Pakistani	Governor-General	1876
Kennedy, John F. John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....	American	President	1917
Mitterrand, François François Mitterrand François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand was the 21st President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra, serving from 1981 until 1995. He is the longest-serving President of France and, as leader of the Socialist Party, the only figure from the left so far elected President...	French	President	1916
de Morny, Mathilde	French	Princess	1863
Moro, Aldo Aldo Moro Aldo Moro was an Italian politician and the 39th Prime Minister of Italy, from 1963 to 1968, and then from 1974 to 1976. He was one of Italy's longest-serving post-war Prime Ministers, holding power for a combined total of more than six years....	Italian	Prime minister	1916
Nicholas I of Montenegro Nicholas I of Montenegro Nikola I Mirkov Petrović-Njegoš was the only king of Montenegro, reigning as king from 1910 to 1918 and as prince from 1860 to 1910. He was also a poet, notably penning "Onamo, 'namo!", a popular song from Montenegro.-Early life:Nikola was born in the village of Njeguši, the ancient home of the...	Montenegrin	King	1841
Obama, Barack Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...	American	President	1961
Pavlos of Greece Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, is the eldest son and heir apparent of Constantine II, who was King of Greece from 1964 to 1973....	Greek	Prince	1967
Pavlovich, Dmitri Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia was a Russian imperial dynast. He is known for being involved in the murder of the mystic peasant faith healer Grigori Rasputin, who he felt held undue sway over Tsar Nicholas II.-Early life:Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich was born at Ilinskoe near Moscow, the...	Russian	Grand Duke	1891
Singh, Bhupinder	Indian	Maharadjah	1891
Philippe, comte de Paris Philippe, Comte de Paris Philippe d'Orléans, Count of Paris was the grandson of Louis Philippe I, King of the French. He was a claimant to the French throne from 1848 until his death.-Early life:...	French	Prince	1838
Pompidou, Georges Georges Pompidou Georges Jean Raymond Pompidou was a French politician. He was Prime Minister of France from 1962 to 1968, holding the longest tenure in this position, and later President of the French Republic from 1969 until his death in 1974.-Biography:...	French	President	1911
Reagan, Ronald Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....	American	President	1911
Sarkozy, Nicolas Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating the Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier....	French	President	1955

Writers, artists and actors

Name, surname	Nationality	Occupation	Born
Acton, Harold Harold Acton Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton CBE was a British writer, scholar and dilettante perhaps most famous for being wrongly believed to have inspired the character of "Anthony Blanche" in Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited...	British	Writer	1904
Adorf, Mario Mario Adorf Mario Adorf is a German film and stage actor, best known for his lead role in the 1978 film The Tin Drum.-Biography:...	German	Actor	1930
Astaire, Fred Fred Astaire Fred Astaire was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. His stage and subsequent film career spanned a total of 76 years, during which he made 31 musical films. He was named the fifth Greatest Male Star of All Time by the American Film Institute...	American	Actor	1899
Baer, Edouard Édouard Baer Édouard Baer is a French actor.- Filmography :*Un monde à nous *Seuls two *Passe-passe *Crosse *La fille coupée en deux...	French	Actor	1966
Baudelaire, Charles Charles Baudelaire Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...	French	Poet	1821
Barton, Ralph Ralph Barton Ralph Barton was an American artist best known for his cartoons and caricatures of actors and other celebrities...	American	Painter	1891
Beaton, Cecil Cecil Beaton Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE was an English fashion and portrait photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre...	English	Photographer	1904
Edwards Bello, Joaquin Joaquín Edwards Bello Joaquín Edwards Bello was a Chilean writer and journalist. He was of British descent.-Life:Edwards Bello was born in Valparaíso, one of the most important ports in Chile. His family, the Edwards, is still one of the most influential in the country.Joaquín studied at The Mackay School and later at...	Chilean	Writer	1887
Berlioz, Hector Hector Berlioz Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...	French	Composer	1803
Betjeman, John John Betjeman Sir John Betjeman, CBE was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture...	British	Writer	1906
Bloom, Allan Allan Bloom Allan David Bloom was an American philosopher, classicist, and academic. He studied under David Grene, Leo Strauss, Richard McKeon and Alexandre Kojève. He subsequently taught at Cornell University, the University of Toronto, Yale University, École Normale Supérieure of Paris, and the University...	American	Writer	1930
Bourget, Paul Paul Bourget Paul Charles Joseph Bourget , was a French novelist and critic.-Biography:He was born in Amiens in the Somme département of Picardie, France. His father, a professor of mathematics, was later appointed to a post in the college at Clermont-Ferrand, where Bourget received his early education...	French	Writer	1852
Brynner, Yul Yul Brynner Yul Brynner was a Russian-born actor of stage and film. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times on...	Russian	Actor	1920
Broun, Heywood Heywood Broun Heywood Campbell Broun, Jr. was an American journalist. He worked as a sportswriter, newspaper columnist, and editor in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, now known as The Newspaper Guild. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he is best remembered for his writing on social issues and...	American	Journalist	1888
Bywater, Michael Michael Bywater Michael Bywater is a British writer and broadcaster.-Biography:He was educated at Nottingham High School, an independent school...	British	Writer	1953
Cambaceres, Eugenio Eugenio Cambaceres Eugenio Cambaceres Argentine writer and politician. In the 1880s he wrote four books, with Sin rumbo being his masterpiece. His promising literary career was cut short when he died of tuberculosis....	Argentinian	Writer	1843
Cocteau, Jean Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...	French	Writer	1889
Cooper, Gary Gary Cooper Frank James Cooper, known professionally as Gary Cooper, was an American film actor. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited to the many Westerns he made...	American	Actor	1901
Condo, George George Condo George Condo is an American contemporary visual artist.-Life and career:Condo works in the medium of painting and sculpture...	American	Visual artist	1957
Coppola, Sofia Sofia Coppola Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and producer.In 2003 she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing...	American	Director	1971
Coward, Noel Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...	British	Actor	1899
Crosby, Bing Bing Crosby Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....	American	Singer	1903
Crowley, Aleister Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley , born Edward Alexander Crowley, and also known as both Frater Perdurabo and The Great Beast, was an influential English occultist, astrologer, mystic and ceremonial magician, responsible for founding the religious philosophy of Thelema. He was also successful in various other...	British	Writer	1875
Dano, Paul Paul Dano Paul Franklin Dano is an American actor and producer. He has appeared in films such as L.I.E. , The Girl Next Door , Little Miss Sunshine , There Will Be Blood , and Where the Wild Things Are .-Early life:Dano was born in New York City, the son of Gladys and Paul Dano...	American	Actor	1984
Debussy, Claude Claude Debussy Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...	French	Composer	1862
Denby, Edwin Edwin Denby (poet) Edwin Orr Denby was one of the most important and influential American dance critics of the 20th century, as well as a poet and novelist. His dance reviews and essays were collected in Looking at the Dance , Dancers, Buildings, and People in the Streets and Dance Writings...	American	Writer	1903
Deneuve, Catherine Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that...	French	Actress	1943
Diaghilev, Sergei Sergei Diaghilev Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev , usually referred to outside of Russia as Serge, was a Russian art critic, patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes, from which many famous dancers and choreographers would arise.-Early life and career:...	Russian	Ballet impresario	1872
D'Ormesson, Jean Jean d'Ormesson Count Jean Lefèvre d'Ormesson is a French novelist whose work mostly consists of partially or totally autobiographic novels.- Life :...	French	Writer	1925
Dujardin, Edouard	French	Writer	1861
Dunaway, Faye Faye Dunaway Faye Dunaway is an American actress.Dunaway won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Network after receiving previous nominations for the critically acclaimed films Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown...	American	Actress	1941
Eiffel, Gustave Gustave Eiffel Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was a French structural engineer from the École Centrale Paris, an architect, an entrepreneur and a specialist of metallic structures...	French	Architect	1832
Fairbanks Douglas Douglas Fairbanks Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....	American	Actor	1883
Fargue, Léon-Paul Léon-Paul Fargue Léon-Paul Fargue was a French poet and essayist.He was born in Paris, France on rue Coquilliére. As a poet he was noted for his poetry of atmosphere and detail. His work spanned numerous literary movements...	French	Writer	1876
Ferry, Brian Bryan Ferry Bryan Ferry, CBE is an English singer, musician, and songwriter. Ferry came to public prominence in the early 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with the band Roxy Music, who enjoyed a highly successful career with three number one albums and ten singles entering the top ten charts in...	English	Singer	1945
Février, Jacques Jacques Février Jacques Février was a French pianist and teacher.Jacques Février was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the son of the composer Henry Février. He studied with Édouard Risler and Marguerite Long at the Paris Conservatoire, taking a premier prix in 1921...	French	Pianist	1900
Firbank, Ronald Ronald Firbank Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was a British novelist.-Biography:Ronald Firbank was born in London, the son of society lady Harriet Jane Garrett and MP Sir Thomas Firbank. He went to Uppingham School, and then on to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He converted to Catholicism in 1907...	British	Writer	1886
Follet, Ken	English	Writer	1949
Gary, Romain Romain Gary Romain Gary was a French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice .- Early life :Gary was born in Vilnius under the name Roman Kacew...	French	Writer	1914
Gernsback, Hugo Hugo Gernsback Hugo Gernsback , born Hugo Gernsbacher, was a Luxembourgian American inventor, writer, editor, and magazine publisher, best remembered for publications that included the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publisher were so significant that, along with H. G...	American	Writer	1884
Grant White, Richard Richard Grant White Richard Grant White was one of the foremost literary and musical critics of his day. He was also a prominent Shakespearen scholar, journalist, social critic, and lawyer who was born and died in New York USA.-Biography:...	American	Writer	1822
Guitry, Sacha Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges Guitry was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the Boulevard theatre.- Biography :...	French	Actor	1885
Hébertot, Jacques	French	producer	1886
Hemingway, Ernest Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...	American	Writer	1899
Hergesheimer, Joseph Joseph Hergesheimer Joseph Hergesheimer was a prominent American writer of the early 20th century known for his naturalistic novels of decadent life amongst the very wealthy.-Biography:...	American	Writer	1880
Hockney, David David Hockney David Hockney, CH, RA, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who is based in Bridlington, Yorkshire and Kensington, London....	British	Painter	1937
Howard, Brian	British	poet	1905
Kelly, Kevin	American	editor	1952
Irons, Jeremy Jeremy Irons Jeremy John Irons is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including The Winter's Tale, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the...	English	Actor	1948
Larbaud, Valery Valery Larbaud Valery Larbaud was a French writer.-Life:He was born in Vichy, Allier, the only child of a pharmacist. His father died when he was 8, and he was brought up by his mother and aunt. His father had been owner of the Vichy Saint-Yorre mineral water springs, and the family fortune assured him an easy...	French	Writer	1881
Kaufman, George S. George S. Kaufman George Simon Kaufman was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals, notably for the Marx Brothers...	American	Writer	1889
Le Bargy, Charles Charles le Bargy Charles Gustave Auguste le Bargy was a French actor and early film director.He was born at La Chapelle...	French	Actor	1858
Lebowitz, Fran Fran Lebowitz -Life:Born and raised in Morristown, New Jersey, Lebowitz is best known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York sensibilities. Some reviewers have called her a modern-day Dorothy Parker...	American	Writer	1950
Leigh Fermor, Patrick Patrick Leigh Fermor Sir Patrick "Paddy" Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE was a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during World War II. He was widely regarded as "Britain's greatest living travel writer", with books including his classic A Time of...	British	Writer	1915
Lennon, Sean Sean Lennon is an American singer, songwriter, musician, guitarist and actor. He is the only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono. His godfather is Sir Elton John.-Early life and education:...	American	Musician	1975
Lévy, Bernard-Henry Bernard-Henri Lévy Bernard-Henri Lévy is a French public intellectual, philosopher and journalist. Often referred to today, in France, simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" movement in 1976.-Early life:...	French	Writer	1948
Luchini, Fabrice Fabrice Luchini Fabrice Luchini is a French stage and film actor.-Biography:Fabrice Luchini was born in Île-de-France, Paris, into an Italian immigrant family, who were fruit and vegetable vendors. He grew up around the neighbourhood of Goutte d'Or in Paris's 18th arrondissement...	French	Actor	1951
Manet, Édouard Édouard Manet Édouard Manet was a French painter. One of the first 19th-century artists to approach modern-life subjects, he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism....	French	Painter	1832
Marcosson, Isaac Frederick Isaac Frederick Marcosson Isaac Frederick Marcosson was an American editor, born at Louisville, Kentucky, and educated in the schools of Louisville.In 1903, he became associate editor of The World's Work, and in 1907, he became a member of and financial editor of The Saturday Evening Post...	American	editor	1877
Mayle, Peter Peter Mayle Peter Mayle is a British author famous for his series of books detailing life in Provence, France. He spent fifteen years in the advertising industry before leaving the business in 1975 to write educational books, including a series on sex education for children and young people...	British	Writer	1939
Menjou, Adolphe Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies, appearing in such films as The Sheik, A Woman of Paris, Morocco, and A Star is Born...	American	Actor	1890
Matisse, Henri Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter...	French	Painter	1869
Modiano, Patrick Patrick Modiano Patrick Modiano is a French novelist born 30 July 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt of a father of Jewish Italian origins and a Belgian mother, Louisa Colpijn . He is a winner of the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1972, the Prix Goncourt in 1978 for his novel Rue des boutiques obscures...	French	Writer	1945
Monet, Claude Claude Monet Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting. . Retrieved 6 January 2007...	French	Painter	1840
Montesquiou, Robert de Robert de Montesquiou Marie Joseph Robert Anatole, comte de Montesquiou-Fézensac , was a French aesthete, Symbolist poet, art collector and dandy....	French	Poet	1855
Morand, Paul Paul Morand Paul Morand was a French diplomat, novelist, playwright and poet, considered an early Modernist.He was a graduate of the Paris Institute of Political Studies...	French	Writer	1888
Noiret, Philippe Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret was a French film actor.-Biography:Noiret's father was in the clothes trade. Philippe was an indifferent scholar and attended several prestigious Paris schools, including the Lycée Janson de Sailly. He failed several times to pass his baccalauréat exams, so he decided to study...	French	Actor	1930
Niemeyer, Oscar Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho is a Brazilian architect specializing in international modern architecture...	Brazilian	Architect	1907
Offenbach, Jacques Jacques Offenbach Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....	French	Composer	1819
Pidgeon, Walter Walter Pidgeon Walter Davis Pidgeon was a Canadian actor, who starred in many motion pictures, including Mrs...	Canadian	Actor	1897
Proust, Marcel Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...	French	Writer	1871
Radiguet, Raymond Raymond Radiguet Raymond Radiguet was a French author whose two novels were noted for their explicit themes and writing style and tone.-Early life:...	French	Writer	1905
Richman, Harry Harry Richman Harry Richman was an American entertainer. He was a singer, actor, dancer, comedian, pianist, songwriter, bandleader, and night club performer, at his most popular in the 1920s and 1930s....	American	Actor	1895
Rostand, Edmond Edmond Rostand Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century...	French	Writer	1868
Rostand, Maurice	French	Writer	1891
Runyon, Damon Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon was an American newspaperman and writer.He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the...	American	Writer	1880
Sand, George George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, later Baroness Dudevant , best known by her pseudonym George Sand , was a French novelist and memoirist.-Life:...	French	Writer	1804
Schofield, Leo Leo Schofield Leo Schofield AM is an Australian restaurant critic, advertising professional and arts festival director....	Australian	Critic	1935
Saraiva, André André (artist) André aka Monsieur André aka Monsieur A, born Andre Saraiva is a French graffiti artist. He paints a distinctive stick-figure character, usually with a top hat and an 'X' in place of one of the eyes...	French	Graffiti artist
Simenon, Georges Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 200 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known for the creation of the fictional detective Maigret.-Early life and education:...	Belgian	Writer	1903
Sitwell, Osbert Osbert Sitwell Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet, was an English writer. His elder sister was Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell and his younger brother was Sir Sacheverell Sitwell; like them he devoted his life to art and literature....	English	Writer	1892
Stein, Gertrude Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein was an American writer, poet and art collector who spent most of her life in France.-Early life:...	American	Writer	1874
Thomson, Virgil Virgil Thomson Virgil Thomson was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music...	American	Composer	1896
de Tocqueville, Alexis Alexis de Tocqueville Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution . In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in...	French	Writer	1805
Thurman, Uma Uma Thurman Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress and model. She has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Among her best-known roles are those in the Quentin Tarantino films Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill...	American	Actress	1970
Van Vechten, Carl Carl van Vechten Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.-Biography:...	American	Photographer	1880
Waugh, Evelyn Evelyn Waugh Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh , known as Evelyn Waugh, was an English writer of novels, travel books and biographies. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer...	English	Writer	1903
Welles, Orson Orson Welles George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...	American	Director	1915
White, Stanford Stanford White Stanford White was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found...	American	Architect	1853
Wilde, Oscar Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...	English	Writer	1854
Wilder, Billy Billy Wilder Billy Wilder was an Austro-Hungarian born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age...	American	Director	1906
Willis, Bruce Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...	American	Actor	1955
Wolfe, Tom Tom Wolfe Thomas Kennerly "Tom" Wolfe, Jr. is a best-selling American author and journalist. He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.-Early life and education:...	American	Writer	1931
Wright, Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...	American	Architect	1867
Zola, Émile Émile Zola Émile François Zola was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism...	French	Writer	1840

Designers and fashion specialists

Name, surname	Nationality	Occupation	Born
Altuzarra, Joseph Joseph Altuzarra Joseph Altuzarra is an American-based French fashion designer.-Biography:Born and raised in Paris, France, Altuzarra's father is French-Basque and mother is Chinese American. Altuzarra moved to the U.S. to study at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He was an art history major who sent his résumé...	French	Designer	1985
Baron, Fabien Fabien Baron Fabien Baron is a French art director. He is editorial director of Interview magazine.-Life and career :In 1982, Baron came to New York with the idea of staying for six months....	French	Editor	1959
Bastian, Michael Michael Bastian Michael Bastian is an American fashion designer born in 1965 in Lyons, New York. After graduating from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, he moved to New York City, where his first job was as an Assistant Buyer at Abraham & Strauss...	French	Fashion designer	1965
Blahnik, Manolo Manolo Blahnik Manuel "Manolo" Blahnik Rodríguez CBE, , is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the self-named, high-end shoe brand.-Biography:Born to a Czech father and a Spanish mother and born and raised in the Canary Islands , Blahnik graduated from the University of Geneva in 1965 and studied art in Paris...	Spanish	Designer	1942
Boateng, Oswald	British	Designer	1967
Bowles, Hamish Hamish Bowles Hamish Bowles is the European Editor at Large for Vogue and involved in the worlds of fashion and interior design.- Background :As the European Editor at Large for Vogue, Hamish Bowles is recognized as one of the most respected authorities on the worlds of fashion and interior design. After...	British	Editor	1963
de Castelbajac, Jean-Charles Jean-Charles de Castelbajac 1949: Born on November 28th in Casablanca, son of Louis and Jeanne-Blanche de Castelbajac1968: First collection for Ko and Co, company created at Limoges by his mother Jeanne-Blanche de Castelbajac1969: First show...	French	designer	1949
Chanel, Coco Coco Chanel Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel...	French	Designer	1883
Conran, Jasper Jasper Conran Jasper Alexander Thirlby Conran OBE is an English fashion designer. He is the son of the designer Sir Terence Conran and the author Shirley Conran.-Education:He was educated at Port Regis School and Bryanston School in the 1970s...	English	Designer	1959
Dello Russo, Anna Anna Dello Russo Anna Dello Russo is the editor-at-large and creative consultant for . Dello Russo was born in Bari, and currently resides in Milan.She is self-described as a "passionate fashionista" and has been described by Helmut Newton as a "fashion maniac". Dello Russo is often featured in popular street style...	Italian	Editor at large	1962
Fekkai, Frédéric Frédéric Fekkai Frédéric Fekkai is a French celebrity hairstylist.-Early life:Fekkai was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, and grew up in Aix-en-Provence and Paris...	French	Hairdresser	1958
Galanos, James James Galanos James Galanos is an American fashion designer, widely considered to be one the world's foremost 20th century couturiers.-Early life:James Galanos was born September 20, 1924 in a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the only son of Greek-born parents...	American	Designer	1924
Galliano, John John Galliano John Charles Galliano CBE, RDI is a Gibraltan-born British fashion designer who was best known as head designer of French haute couture houses Givenchy and Christian Dior , and his own self titled fashion house.-Family:He was born in Gibraltar to a Gibraltarian father, Juan Galliano, and a...	English	Designer	1960
Kors, Michael Michael Kors Michael Kors is an American fashion designer. He is best known for designing classic American sportswear for women.-Personal life:...	American	Designer	1959
Louboutin, Christian Christian Louboutin Christian Louboutin is a French footwear designer whose father is cabinetmaker Roger Louboutin and homemaker mother Irene. His siblings include three sisters, no brothers. Landscape architect Louis Benech has been his partner since 1997. Louboutin launched his line of high-end women's shoes in...	French	Designer	1963
Monteil Germaine Germaine Monteil Germaine Monteil was a New York based French fashion designer and cosmetician who founded the cosmetics and perfume company sharing her name.-Fashion:...	French	Designer	1898
Moss, Kate Kate Moss Kate Moss is an English model. Moss is known for her waifish figure and popularising the heroin chic look in the 1990s. She is also known for her controversial private life, high profile relationships, party lifestyle, and drug use. Moss changed the look of modelling and started a global debate on...	English	Model	1974
Mugler, Thierry Thierry Mugler Thierry Mugler is a French fashion designer and creator of several perfumes.-Childhood:Mugler was born in Strasbourg, France on 21 December 1948. His passion led him to focus more on drawing than on school and at the age of 9, he began to study classical dance...	French	Designer	1948
O'Brien, Glenn Glenn O'Brien Glenn O'Brien is primarily a writer, largely on the subjects of art, music and fashion. He's featured as "The Style Guy" at GQ magazine, and has published a book with that title....	American	Editor
Ossendrijver, Lucas	Dutch	Artistic director	1971
Posen, Zac Zac Posen - Early life :Posen was raised in the SoHo neighborhood of lower Manhattan, the son of artist Stephen Posen and corporate lawyer Susan Posen. His interest in fashion design started early, and as a child he would steal yarmulkes from his grandparents' synagogue to make ball dresses for dolls...	American	Designer	1980
Roitfeld, Carine Carine Roitfeld Carine Roitfeld was the Editor-in-Chief of French Vogue from 2001 to January 21, 2011. A former fashion model and writer, she announced her resignation on December 17, 2010; she was succeeded by Emmanuelle Alt.- Family background :...	French	Editor-in-Chief	1954
Rucci, Ralph Chado Ralph Rucci Ralph Rucci is an American fashion designer and artist. He is known in particular for Chado Ralph Rucci, a luxury clothing and accessories line. Rucci's clothing designs have appeared in a number of major exhibitions, and he has won some significant fashion-industry awards...	American	Designer	1957
Saint Laurent, Yves	French	Designer	1936
Sanchez, Fernando Fernando Sanchez Fernando Sánchez was a Spanish fashion designer. He was known for his provocative lingerie collections, which, though designed for elegant boudoirs, were often worn in public. Sanchez was awarded several Coty fashion awards, as well as a Council of Fashion Designers of America Award in...	Spanish	Fashion designer	1935
Taschen, Benedikt Benedikt Taschen Benedikt Taschen, 1961, Cologne, Germany, is a German publisher. His professional life started at age 18 in a store in Cologne, Germany, named TASCHEN COMICS. In 1984, he bought 40,000 remainder copies of a Magritte monograph published in English with money borrowed from his family. The books sold...	German	Art publisher	1961
Talley, André Leon André Leon Talley André Leon Talley is the former American editor-at-large for Vogue magazine, listed as Contributing Editor in the April 2010 masthead. Talley has been a front-row regular at fashion shows in New York, Paris, London and Milan for more than 25 years...	American	Editor	1949
Testino, Mario Mario Testino -Early Life:Testino grew up in Lima, the eldest son of a businessman. When he was young he wanted to be a priest. Testino recalls being unpopular at school because of his flamboyance. He was good at math and went on to study economics at Universidad del Pacífico, where his insistence on wearing...	Peruvian	Photographer	1954
Tonchi, Stefano Stefano Tonchi Stefano Tonchi is the editor of W. He was previously editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Having previously worked at Esquire and L'Uomo Vogue, Tonchi's editorial roots are in what he calls "niche" publications, he revealed in a 2007 interview in 032c magazine...	American	Editor	1959
Touhami, Ramdane	French	Designer	1974
von Fürstenberg, Diane Diane von Fürstenberg Diane von Fürstenberg, formerly Princess Diane of Fürstenberg , is a Belgian-American fashion designer best known for her iconic wrap dress. She initially rose to prominence when she married into the German princely House of Fürstenberg, as the wife of Prince Egon of Fürstenberg...	German	Fashion designer	1946
Wall, Berry Evander Berry Wall Evander Berry Wall , was a New York dude who became famous in the 1880s for his extravagantly refined look.-A Young Prince Prodigal:He was the son of Charles Wall and Elizabeth A. Wall, and the brother of James R...	American	Socialite	1860
Wolff, Michael Michael Wolff (journalist) Michael Wolff is an American author, essayist, and journalist. He currently writes a regular column for Vanity Fair magazine. He is well known for his acerbic, combative, and humorous style...	American	Journalist	1953
York, Peter Peter York Peter York, real name Peter Wallis, born 1943, is a British management consultant, author and broadcaster most famous for co-authoring Harpers & Queen's The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr...	British	Columnist

Other clients with a notable interest in Charvet

Name, surname	Nationality	Occupation	Born
Bigelow, William Sturgis William Sturgis Bigelow William Sturgis Bigelow was an American physician and collector of Japanese art. He was one of the first Americans to live in Japan , and to introduce the American public to Japanese art and culture...	American	Doctor	1850
Blagojevich, Rod Rod Blagojevich Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...	American	Politician	1956
Capel, Arthur "Boy" Boy Capel Captain Arthur Edward "Boy" Capel CBE was an English polo player, possibly best-remembered for being a lover and muse of fashion designer Coco Chanel.-Biography:...	English	Businessman	1881
Kelly, Ray Raymond W. Kelly Raymond Walter Kelly is the current Commissioner of the New York City Police Department and the first person to hold the post for two non-consecutive tenures. A lifelong New Yorker, Kelly has spent 31 years in the NYPD, serving in 25 different commands and as Police Commissioner from 1992 to 1994...	American	Commissioner New York City Police Commissioner The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Governor Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, signed legislation replacing the Police Board...	1941
Madoff, Bernard Bernard Madoff Bernard Lawrence "Bernie" Madoff is a former American businessman, stockbroker, investment advisor, and financier. He is the former non-executive chairman of the NASDAQ stock market, and the admitted operator of a Ponzi scheme that is considered to be the largest financial fraud in U.S...	American	Stock broker Stock broker A stock broker or stockbroker is a regulated professional broker who buys and sells shares and other securities through market makers or Agency Only Firms on behalf of investors...	1938
Tang, David David Tang Sir David Tang, KBE is a Hong Kong businessman and socialite best known as the founder of the Shanghai Tang fashion chain, which he sold in 2006 to Richemont.Tang's grandfather "founded the Kowloon bus company and became one of Hong Kong’s greatest philanthropists"...	Chinese	Businessman	1954

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