- Person’s name CALLOT SOEURS
- Place of birth Paris
- Age/ date of birth not found
- Website and/or social media https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callot_Soeurs
Fashion Origins and background
Callot Soeurs opened in 1895 at 24, rue Taitbout in Paris, France. It was operated by the four Callot sisters: Marie Callot Gerber, Marthe Callot Bertrand, Regina Callot Tennyson-Chantrell and Joséphine Callot Crimon. The eldest sister, Marie, was trained in dressmaking, having earlier worked for Raudnitz and Co., prominent Parisian dressmakers, and they were all taught by their mother, a lacemaker. The sisters began working with antique laces and ribbons to enhance blouses and lingerie. Their success led to an expansion into other clothing. Callot Soeurs was one of the leading fashion design houses of the 1910s and 1920s.
In 1897, Joséphine was rumored to have committed suicide. There is no substantiated proof and family members believe her death was accidental.
Accomplishments
- There work was featured at the Paris fair
- In 1900, they had a staff of two hundred and did two million francs in sales.
- Callot Soeurs's day dresses were well received at the 1915 Universal Exhibition in San Francisco.
- By 1901, they had tripled their workforce and doubled their sales.
- In 1916, Henri Bendel was the largest buyer of Callot Soeurs in New York City.
- American Vogue dubbed the sisters the Three Fates, and declared them "foremost among the powers that rule the destinies of a woman's life and increase the income of France.
- While European sales fell, American buyers would order between 300 and 800 pieces every July
- In the 1920s, Callot Soeurs established branches in London, niece, Bruno’s Aris and London
- Callot probably has more rich clients than any other establishment in the world. They come from South America, from South Africa, and as far east as Japan.
- Marcel Proust praised them as one of the greatest maisons de couture in his novel 'À la Recherche du Temps Perdu'.
- one of the leading fashion design houses of the 1910s and 1920s.