Fashion brands — country: France · founded: 1980–1989

The initials A.P.C. refer to two concepts the brand considers important: the ateliers of production and creation. Without production, creation is merely an idea. Without creation, clothes would be devoid of soul.

ACTUELLE is a women’s line launched in 1981 by renoma, a fashion house originating in Paris, France. renoma’s official history describes it as a “line for women,” and it offered women’s clothing. Its current status and end date cannot be confirmed.

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.

Technical protective clothing for all weather and all terrain.

Sustainable cashmere: a luxury brand committed since 1985

Blending boundless creativity, technical brilliance and exceptional materials, CHANEL Haute Horlogerie pieces go beyond simply measuring time to enhance allure.

Christian Lacroix is a maison founded in Paris, France, in 1987 by designer Christian Lacroix. Centered on haute couture, it has developed a diverse range of offerings, from women’s ready-to-wear and accessories to home products. Its signature elements include theatrical, richly colored ornamentation, voluminous skirts, intricate embroidery, and complex pattern work. For economic reasons, the haute couture and ready-to-wear divisions were scaled back in 2009, and since then the brand has continued to focus primarily on licensing.

Expresses a love of dynamism and color through lifestyle collections.

ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD

Always keen to satisfy a desire for fantasy and comfort in the most intimate moments.

Styled in France

So French, so Rech

Light revealing pearls of powder

THE ICONIC FRANCHISE SINCE 1984

Guy Paulin is a French prêt-à-porter brand founded by designer Guy Paulin, who was from the Lorraine region of France. In 1980, he presented his first collection under his own name in Paris. The brand offered simple womenswear focused on functionality and ease of wear, including fishnet knitwear that attracted attention in the 1970s. From 1984 to 1986, he was responsible for Chloé’s designs, and in 1986 he relaunched his own brand. The brand ceased operations after its final collection in October 1989.

Form as function. Intelligence as identity.

signature bandage dresses and sculpted silhouettes

French garment-making workshop since 1988

Jack Gomme creates ultralight, functional and durable bags and accessories, designed in Paris and made in France from innovative materials. Since 1985, the brand has offered leather goods designed to accompany everyday life with freedom and simplicity.

Junior Gaultier is a diffusion line launched in 1988 by French designer Jean Paul Gaultier. It offered men’s and women’s ready-to-wear at more accessible price points for younger customers, featuring items that reflected Gaultier’s key design codes. Its final collection was Autumn/Winter 1994–95, and the line has since ended.

The way Kenzo celebrates nature and cultural diversity has always been and still is at the heart of the brand.

KENZO Jeans is the denim line of KENZO, a fashion house from Paris, France. Launched in 1986 by founder Kenzo Takada, it offers casualwear for men and women, centered on denim. Its designs reflect KENZO’s aesthetic of blending East and West, as well as archival motifs such as jungle and floral patterns. The parent brand KENZO was established in Paris in 1970 and became part of LVMH in 1993.

FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL WORLD

KLEMAN was officially launched in 1988 as a work-shoe label under French footwear manufacturer CLEON (Cléon Manufacture). CLEON was founded in 1945, and it is said that its founder, René Cléon, designed leather shoes. The company has supplied French public institutions and agencies, including SNCF, AIR FRANCE, customs services, fire departments, and the army. Many of its signature models conform to ISO EN-20347, providing slip resistance, abrasion resistance, and safety. In addition to shoes and boots, the range includes sandals and accessories. Production takes place in France, at workshops in La Romagne/Anjou.

Embrace the present and invent the future.

Where Heritage is Handmade

To promote, bring recognition to, and respect the craftsmanship of the artisans with whom the brand works in a relationship of trust.

The culture of difference is the backbone of fashion

MARITHÉ ET FRANÇOIS GIRBAUD CUIR was a leather line launched in 1985 by the French fashion brand Marithé + François Girbaud. It focused on classic, high-end leatherwear for men and women by founding designers Marithé Bachellerie and François Girbaud, and was manufactured by Italy's Ruffo. Specially treated “tattoo leather” was also featured.

“Simplicity and originality” and “basics and trends”: a Paris-based brand that proposes stylish, comfortable clothing sought by sophisticated adult women who express their individuality and enjoy fashion through a skillful balance of these elements.

Trend Sending Brand

MOMENTO DUE is a menswear sportswear line launched in 1983 by French designers Marithé Bachellerie and François Girbaud. It was developed as part of the Marithé + François Girbaud brand portfolio and collaborative ventures, and the official history describes it as a line of menswear sportswear incorporating deconstruction. No current activity has been confirmed, and it is known as a historical line.

Morgan is crazy about you

CONCEPTUAL AND TIMELESS STYLE *

Maison Margiela Artisanal is an atelier-made couture collection introduced in 1989 as part of Maison Margiela, founded in Paris in 1988 by Martin Margiela and Jenny Meirens. Vintage clothing and found materials are reconstructed by hand and made in small quantities as one-of-a-kind pieces. Since 2006, it has been presented on the Paris Haute Couture calendar.

deluxe tee-shirt

The line is characterized by durable materials, simple designs that do not grow tiresome, well-considered sizing, and beautiful colors.

NIRVANA is a fashion brand launched by Virginie Viard and a friend in Lyon, France, in 1982. Viard learned to sew from her mother and made clothes using fabrics produced at her grandfather’s textile factory. Information about the brand’s subsequent development as an independent label, or its official philosophy and signature lines, could not be confirmed.

Odile Lançon is a French ready-to-wear brand founded in 1984 by French designer Odile Lançon (born 1949). The brand offered clothing centered on tailored suits and coordinated sets for women, using pastel colors and natural materials such as linen and wool crepe. After working for four years at the trend forecasting company Promostyl, the founder was responsible for designing collections for Sportmax at Max Mara. Her work was also featured in a 1985 fashion exhibition at the Centre Pompidou.

Born in Paris. Crafted in France. Worn worldwide.

Ranging from casual to formal, Paul Brial is committed to dress up active woman for every occasion of their life.

Sensuality, whether feminine or masculine, makes the body the most interesting material for an artist, because it is alive and different in each of us.

A BRAND THAT IS COMPLETELY tam.tam!

A jewelry watch by its very essence.

Launched in the 1980s, but still utterly contemporary, this extrovert watch with vitality and power defies convention for a new generation of unique personalities.

Renewing “Couture” jewelry collections in freshwater cultured pearls or imitation pearls, with a spirit that is always Parisian, but more fashion-forward and more creative.

MADE FOR THE MOMENT

Première de Cartier is an eyewear collection developed by Cartier, which originated in Paris, France. Drawing on Cartier’s early eyewear line launched in 1983, it reinterprets the design codes of the 1980s in a contemporary way. The collection includes sunglasses and optical frames featuring details such as the godron motif and C de Cartier, and using materials including metal, acetate, and wood. It translates the codes of the Maison’s jewelry and watches into eyewear. The collection is still offered on the official website.

Reproduction was a children’s clothing line created by French designers Marithé Bachellerie and François Girbaud. It was active in the 1980s and was reported to have gained popularity at the time. A historical offshoot line of the parent brand MARITHE + FRANCOIS GIRBAUD, it has no confirmed current independent operation.

SHOE DESIGNER SINCE 1987