Charvet Place Vendôme or simply Charvet is a French high-end bespoke and ready-to-wear shirtmaker, located at 28 Place Vendôme in Paris. Its list of customers is notable[1] for its time span, Charvet existing since 1838 and having been the first shirt store ever,[2] and as a paradigm of an international[3] "aristo-dandy crossover community".[4] In the 19th century, the shirtmaker both specialized in "royal haberdashery"[5] and attracted the patronage of artists.[n. 1] In the 20th century, with the development of fashion design, designers and fashion journalists became a significant customer group. Some other customers' interest in the brand has become a notable aspect of their personality. In keeping[11] with a tradition of discretion of French couture houses,[n. 2] the company declines to comment on its customers list, as a service to its customers.[13]
Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
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Abdul Hamid II[n. 3] | Turkish | Sultan | 1842 |
Alfonso XII of Spain[n. 4] | Spanish | King | 1857 |
Alfonso XIII of Spain[n. 5] | Spanish | King | 1886 |
Antoine, Duke of Montpensier[n. 6] | French | Prince | 1824 |
Barre, Raymond[19] | French | Prime minister | 1924 |
Carter, Jimmy[20] | American | President | 1924 |
Charles III of the United Kingdom[21] | British | King | 1948 |
Chirac, Jacques[22][23] | French | President | 1932 |
Churchill, Winston[21] | British | Prime minister | 1874 |
de Gaulle, Charles[24] | French | President | 1890 |
Deschanel, Paul[25] | French | President | 1855 |
Edward VII of the United Kingdom[n. 7] | English | King | 1841 |
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom[3] | English | Prince | 1894 |
Farouk of Egypt[31][32] | Egyptian | King | 1920 |
Grimaldi, Stéphanie[33] | Monegasque | Princess | 1965 |
Haughey, Charles[n. 8] | Irish | Prime minister | 1925 |
Ali Jinnah, Muhamad[45] | Pakistani | Governor-General | 1876 |
Kennedy, John F.[n. 9] | American | President | 1917 |
Mitterrand, François[49] | French | President | 1916 |
de Morny, Mathilde[50] | French | Princess | 1863 |
Moro, Aldo[51] | Italian | Prime minister | 1916 |
Nicholas I of Montenegro[52] | Montenegrin | King | 1841 |
Obama, Barack[53] | American | President | 1961 |
Pavlos of Greece[54] | Greek | Prince | 1967 |
Pavlovich, Dmitri[55] | Russian | Grand Duke | 1891 |
Singh, Bhupinder[n. 10] | Indian | Maharajah | 1891 |
Philippe, comte de Paris[n. 11] | French | Prince | 1838 |
Pompidou, Georges[59] | French | President | 1911 |
Reagan, Ronald[60] | American | President | 1911 |
Sarkozy, Nicolas[61] | French | President | 1955 |
Truman, Harry[62] | American | President | 1884 |
Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
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Acton, Harold[64] | British | Writer | 1904 |
Adorf, Mario[65] | German | Actor | 1930 |
Astaire, Fred[66] | American | Actor | 1899 |
Baer, Édouard[67] | French | Actor | 1966 |
Baudelaire, Charles[68] | French | Poet | 1821 |
Barton, Ralph [n. 12] | American | Painter | 1891 |
Beaton, Cecil[72] | English | Photographer | 1904 |
Edwards Bello, Joaquín[73][74] | Chilean | Writer | 1887 |
Bergen, Candice[75] | American | Actress | 1946 |
Berlioz, Hector[76] | French | Composer | 1803 |
Betjeman, John[77][78] | British | Writer | 1906 |
Birkin, Jane[79] | British | Actress | 1946 |
Bloom, Allan[80] | American | Writer | 1930 |
Bourget, Paul[81][82] | French | Writer | 1852 |
Brynner, Yul[24] | Russian | Actor | 1920 |
Broun, Heywood[83] | American | Journalist | 1888 |
Bywater, Michael[84] | British | Writer | 1953 |
Cambaceres, Eugenio[85] | Argentinian | Writer | 1843 |
Cocteau, Jean[24] | French | Writer | 1889 |
Cooper, Gary[24] | American | Actor | 1901 |
Condo, George[86] | American | Visual artist | 1957 |
Coppola, Francis Ford[87][88] | American | Film director | 1939 |
Coppola, Roman[87][88] | American | Film director | 1965 |
Coppola, Sofia[89] | American | Film director | 1971 |
Coward, Noël[90] | British | Actor | 1899 |
Crosby, Bing[59] | American | Singer | 1903 |
Crowley, Aleister[91] | British | Writer | 1875 |
Dano, Paul[92] | American | Actor | 1984 |
Debussy, Claude[24] | French | Composer | 1862 |
Denby, Edwin[93] | American | Writer | 1903 |
Deneuve, Catherine[60] | French | Actress | 1943 |
Diaghilev, Sergei[94] | Russian | Ballet impresario | 1872 |
D'Ormesson, Jean[95] | French | Writer | 1925 |
Dujardin, Édouard[96] | French | Writer | 1861 |
Dunaway, Faye[97] | American | Actress | 1941 |
Eiffel, Gustave[98] | French | Architect | 1832 |
Feig, Paul[99] | American | Director | 1962 |
Fairbanks, Douglas[100] | American | Actor | 1883 |
Fargue, Léon-Paul[101][102] | French | Writer | 1876 |
Ferry, Brian[103][104] | English | Singer | 1945 |
Février, Jacques[105] | French | Pianist | 1900 |
Firbank, Ronald[106] | British | Writer | 1886 |
Follett, Ken[107][108] | English | Writer | 1949 |
Gainsbourg, Serge[109] | French | Singer | 1928 |
Gary, Romain [n. 13] | French | Writer | 1914 |
Gernsback, Hugo[111] | American | Writer | 1884 |
Grant White, Richard[112] | American | Writer | 1822 |
Guinness, Daphne[113] | British | Actress | 1967 |
Guitry, Sacha[76] [n. 14] | French | Actor | 1885 |
Hébertot, Jacques[115] | French | producer | 1886 |
Hemingway, Ernest[116] | American | Writer | 1899 |
Hergesheimer, Joseph[117][118] | American | Writer | 1880 |
Hockney, David[119] | British | Painter | 1937 |
Howard, Brian[120] | British | poet | 1905 |
Kelly, Kevin[121] | American | editor | 1952 |
Irons, Jeremy[122] | English | Actor | 1948 |
Larbaud, Valery[24] | French | Writer | 1881 |
Kaufman, George S.[123] | American | Writer | 1889 |
Le Bargy, Charles[124] | French | Actor | 1858 |
Lebowitz, Fran[125] | American | Writer | 1950 |
Leigh Fermor, Patrick[126] | British | Writer | 1915 |
Lennon, Sean[127] | American | Musician | 1975 |
Lévy, Bernard-Henry [n. 15] | French | Writer | 1948 |
Luchini, Fabrice[133] | French | Actor | 1951 |
Manet, Édouard[134] | French | Painter | 1832 |
Marcosson, Isaac Frederick[135] | American | editor | 1877 |
Matisse, Henri[136][137] | French | Painter | 1869 |
Mayle, Peter[138] | British | Writer | 1939 |
Menjou, Adolphe[n. 16] | American | Actor | 1890 |
Modiano, Patrick[140][141] | French | Writer | 1945 |
Monet, Claude[142] | French | Painter | 1840 |
Montesquiou, Robert de[6][n. 17] | French | Poet | 1855 |
Morand, Paul[144] | French | Writer | 1888 |
Noiret, Philippe[145] | French | Actor | 1930 |
Niemeyer, Oscar[146] | Brazilian | Architect | 1907 |
Offenbach, Jacques[98] | French | Composer | 1819 |
Pidgeon, Walter[147] | Canadian | Actor | 1897 |
Proust, Marcel [n. 18] | French | Writer | 1871 |
Radiguet, Raymond[149] | French | Writer | 1905 |
Reverdy, Pierre[137] | French | Writer | 1889 |
Richman, Harry[150] | American | Actor | 1895 |
Rostand, Edmond[151] | French | Writer | 1868 |
Rostand, Maurice[152] | French | Writer | 1891 |
Runyon, Damon[153] | American | Writer | 1880 |
Sand, George[60] | French | Writer | 1804 |
Schofield, Leo[154] | Australian | Critic | 1935 |
Saraiva, André[155][156] | French | Graffiti artist | 1971 |
Simenon, Georges[157][158] | Belgian | Writer | 1903 |
Sitwell, Osbert[159][160] | English | Writer | 1892 |
Stein, Gertrude[161] | American | Writer | 1874 |
Thomson, Virgil[162] | American | Composer | 1896 |
de Tocqueville, Alexis[163] | French | Writer | 1805 |
Thurman, Uma[95] | American | Actress | 1970 |
Van Vechten, Carl[164] | American | Photographer | 1880 |
Waugh, Evelyn[165] | English | Writer | 1903 |
Welles, Orson[166] | American | Film director | 1915 |
White, Stanford[167] | American | Architect | 1853 |
Wilde, Oscar[168][169] | Irish | Writer | 1854 |
Wilder, Billy[170] | American | Film director | 1906 |
Willis, Bruce[171] | American | Actor | 1955 |
Wolfe, Tom[172] | American | Writer | 1931 |
Wright, Frank Lloyd[173] | American | Architect | 1867 |
Zola, Émile[98] | French | Writer | 1840 |
Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
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Altuzarra, Joseph[174] | French | Designer | 1985 |
Baron, Fabien [n. 19] | French | Editor | 1959 |
Bastian, Michael[177] | American | Fashion designer | 1965 |
Blahnik, Manolo[178] | Spanish | Designer | 1942 |
Boateng, Ozwald[179] | British | Designer | 1967 |
Bowles, Hamish[180] | British | Editor | 1963 |
Campbell, Thomas P.[181] | American | Museum director | 1962 |
Cardin, Pierre[20] | French | Designer | 1922 |
de Castelbajac, Jean-Charles[182] | French | designer | 1949 |
Chanel, Coco[24] [n. 20] | French | Designer | 1883 |
Conran, Jasper[185] | English | Designer | 1959 |
Dello Russo, Anna[186] | Italian | Editor at large | 1962 |
Elkann, Lapo[187] | Italian | Entrepreneur | 1977 |
Ettedgui, Joseph[188][189] | British | Fashion retailer | 1936 |
Fekkai, Frédéric[190] | French | Hairdresser | 1958 |
Galanos, James[191] | American | Designer | 1924 |
Galliano, John[192][193][194] | English | Designer | 1960 |
Kors, Michael[195][196][197] | American | Designer | 1959 |
Lagerfeld, Karl[20] | German | Designer | 1933 |
Louboutin, Christian [n. 21] | French | Designer | 1963 |
Monteil Germaine[203] | French | Designer | 1898 |
Moss, Kate[95] | English | Model | 1974 |
Mugler, Thierry[204] | French | Designer | 1948 |
O'Brien, Glenn[205][206] | American | Editor | |
Ossendrijver, Lucas[207] | Dutch | Artistic director | 1971 |
Perriand, Charlotte[208] | French | Designer | 1903 |
Picasso, Paloma[75] | French | Designer | 1949 |
Posen, Zac[209] | American | Designer | 1980 |
Roitfeld, Carine[210] | French | Editor-in-Chief | 1954 |
Rucci, Ralph [n. 22] | American | Designer | 1957 |
Saint Laurent, Yves[3] | French | Designer | 1936 |
Sánchez, Fernando[213] | Spanish | Fashion designer | 1935 |
Sarafpour, Behnaz[214] | American | Designer | |
Takada, Kenzo[20] | Japanese | Designer | 1939 |
Taschen, Benedikt[215] | German | Art publisher | 1961 |
Talley, André Leon [n. 23] | American | Editor | 1949 |
Testino, Mario[221] | Peruvian | Photographer | 1954 |
Tisci, Riccardo[222] | Italian | Designer | 1974 |
Tonchi, Stefano[223] | American | Editor | 1959 |
Touhami, Ramdane[224] | French | Designer | 1974 |
von Fürstenberg, Diane[225] | German | Fashion designer | 1946 |
Wall, Berry [n. 24] | American | Socialite | 1860 |
Wolff, Michael[229] | American | Journalist | 1953 |
York, Peter[230] | British | Columnist |
Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
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Bigelow, William Sturgis [n. 25] | American | Doctor | 1850 |
Blagojevich, Rod [n. 26] | American | Politician | 1956 |
Capel, Arthur "Boy" [n. 27] | English | Businessman | 1881 |
Kelly, Ray [n. 28] | American | Commissioner | 1941 |
Madoff, Bernard [n. 29] | American | Stockbroker | 1938 |
Tang, David [n. 30] | Chinese | Businessman | 1954 |