List of Charvet customers

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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]

Portrait (1905) of King Edward VII by Luke Fildes, Royal College of Physicians
Name, surnameNationalityOccupationBorn
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

Writers, artists and actors

Portrait (1897) by Boldini of Montesquiou in a Charvet shirt and tie,[63] Musée d'Orsay
Name, surnameNationalityOccupationBorn
Acton, Harold[64] British Writer 1904
Adorf, Mario[65] German Actor 1930
Astaire, Fred[66] American Actor 1899
Avedon, Richard[67] American Photographer 1923
Baer, Édouard[68] French Actor 1966
Baudelaire, Charles[69] French Poet 1821
Barton, Ralph [n. 12] American Painter 1891
Beaton, Cecil[73] English Photographer 1904
Edwards Bello, Joaquín[74][75] Chilean Writer 1887
Bergen, Candice[76] American Actress 1946
Berlioz, Hector[77] French Composer 1803
Betjeman, John[78][79] British Writer 1906
Birkin, Jane[80] British Actress 1946
Bloom, Allan[81] American Writer 1930
Bourget, Paul[82][83] French Writer 1852
Brynner, Yul[24] Russian Actor 1920
Broun, Heywood[84] American Journalist 1888
Bywater, Michael[85] British Writer 1953
Cambaceres, Eugenio[86] Argentinian Writer 1843
Cocteau, Jean[24] French Writer 1889
Cooper, Gary[24] American Actor 1901
Condo, George[87] American Visual artist 1957
Coppola, Francis Ford[88][89] American Film director 1939
Coppola, Roman[88][89] American Film director 1965
Coppola, Sofia[90] American Film director 1971
Coward, Noël[91] British Actor 1899
Crosby, Bing[59] American Singer 1903
Crowley, Aleister[92] British Writer 1875
Dano, Paul[93] American Actor 1984
Debussy, Claude[24] French Composer 1862
Denby, Edwin[94] American Writer 1903
Deneuve, Catherine[60] French Actress 1943
Diaghilev, Sergei[95] Russian Ballet impresario 1872
D'Ormesson, Jean[96] French Writer 1925
Dujardin, Édouard[97] French Writer 1861
Dunaway, Faye[98] American Actress 1941
Duras, Marguerite[99][100] French Writer 1914
Eiffel, Gustave[101] French Architect 1832
Feig, Paul[102] American Director 1962
Fairbanks, Douglas[103] American Actor 1883
Fargue, Léon-Paul[104][105] French Writer 1876
Ferry, Brian[106][107] English Singer 1945
Février, Jacques[108] French Pianist 1900
Firbank, Ronald[109] British Writer 1886
Follett, Ken[110][111] English Writer 1949
Gainsbourg, Serge[112] French Singer 1928
Gary, Romain [n. 13] French Writer 1914
Gernsback, Hugo[114] American Writer 1884
Grant White, Richard[115] American Writer 1822
Guinness, Daphne[116] British Actress 1967
Guitry, Sacha[77] [n. 14] French Actor 1885
Hébertot, Jacques[118] French producer 1886
Hemingway, Ernest[119] American Writer 1899
Hergesheimer, Joseph[120][121] American Writer 1880
Hockney, David[122] British Painter 1937
Horowitz, Vladimir[123][124] American Pianist 1903
Howard, Brian[125] British poet 1905
Kelly, Kevin[126] American editor 1952
Irons, Jeremy[127] English Actor 1948
Kaufman, George S.[128] American Writer 1889
Larbaud, Valery[24] French Writer 1881
Lawrence, Jennifer[129] American Actress 1990
Le Bargy, Charles[130] French Actor 1858
Lebowitz, Fran[131] American Writer 1950
Leigh Fermor, Patrick[132] British Writer 1915
Le Luron, Thierry[133] French Humorist 1952
Lennon, Sean[134] American Musician 1975
Lévy, Bernard-Henry [n. 15] French Writer 1948
Luchini, Fabrice[140] French Actor 1951
Manet, Édouard[141] French Painter 1832
Marcosson, Isaac Frederick[142] American editor 1877
Matisse, Henri[143][144] French Painter 1869
Mayle, Peter[145] British Writer 1939
Menjou, Adolphe[n. 16] American Actor 1890
Modiano, Patrick[147][148] French Writer 1945
Monet, Claude[149] French Painter 1840
Montesquiou, Robert de[6][n. 17] French Poet 1855
Morand, Paul[151] French Writer 1888
Noiret, Philippe[152] French Actor 1930
Niemeyer, Oscar[153] Brazilian Architect 1907
Offenbach, Jacques[101] French Composer 1819
Pidgeon, Walter[154] Canadian Actor 1897
Proust, Marcel [n. 18] French Writer 1871
Radiguet, Raymond[156] French Writer 1905
Reverdy, Pierre[144] French Writer 1889
Richman, Harry[157] American Actor 1895
Rostand, Edmond[158] French Writer 1868
Rostand, Maurice[159] French Writer 1891
Runyon, Damon[160] American Writer 1880
Sand, George[60] French Writer 1804
Schofield, Leo[161] Australian Critic 1935
Saraiva, André[162][163] French Graffiti artist 1971
Simenon, Georges[164][165] Belgian Writer 1903
Sitwell, Osbert[166][167] English Writer 1892
Stein, Gertrude[168] American Writer 1874
Thomson, Virgil[169] American Composer 1896
de Tocqueville, Alexis[170] French Writer 1805
Thurman, Uma[96] American Actress 1970
Van Vechten, Carl[171] American Photographer 1880
Waugh, Evelyn[172] English Writer 1903
Welles, Orson[173] American Film director 1915
White, Stanford[174] American Architect 1853
Wilde, Oscar[175][176] Irish Writer 1854
Wilder, Billy[177] American Film director 1906
Willis, Bruce[178] American Actor 1955
Wolfe, Tom[179] American Writer 1931
Wright, Frank Lloyd[180] American Architect 1867
Zola, Émile[101] French Writer 1840

Designers and fashion specialists

Caricature (1920s) by Sem of Berry Wall at Charvet
Name, surnameNationalityOccupationBorn
Altuzarra, Joseph[181] French Designer 1985
Baron, Fabien [n. 19] French Editor 1959
Bastian, Michael[184] American Fashion designer 1965
Blahnik, Manolo[185] Spanish Designer 1942
Boateng, Ozwald[186] British Designer 1967
Bowles, Hamish[187] British Editor 1963
Campbell, Thomas P.[188] American Museum director 1962
Cardin, Pierre[20] French Designer 1922
de Castelbajac, Jean-Charles[189] French designer 1949
Chanel, Coco[24] [n. 20] French Designer 1883
Conran, Jasper[192] English Designer 1959
Dello Russo, Anna[193] Italian Editor at large 1962
Elkann, Lapo[194] Italian Entrepreneur 1977
Ettedgui, Joseph[195][196] British Fashion retailer 1936
Evins David[197] American Shoe designer 1909
Fekkai, Frédéric[198] French Hairdresser 1958
Galanos, James[199] American Designer 1924
Galliano, John[200][201][202] English Designer 1960
Kors, Michael[203][204][205] American Designer 1959
Lagerfeld, Karl[20] German Designer 1933
Louboutin, Christian [n. 21] French Designer 1963
Monteil Germaine[211] French Designer 1898
Moss, Kate[96] English Model 1974
Mugler, Thierry[212] French Designer 1948
O'Brien, Glenn[213][214] American Editor
Ossendrijver, Lucas[215] Dutch Artistic director 1971
Perriand, Charlotte[216] French Designer 1903
Picasso, Paloma[76] French Designer 1949
Posen, Zac[217] American Designer 1980
Roitfeld, Carine[218] French Editor-in-Chief 1954
Rucci, Ralph [n. 22] American Designer 1957
Saint Laurent, Yves[3] French Designer 1936
Sánchez, Fernando[221] Spanish Fashion designer 1935
Sarafpour, Behnaz[222] American Designer
Takada, Kenzo[20] Japanese Designer 1939
Taschen, Benedikt[223] German Art publisher 1961
Talley, André Leon [n. 23] American Editor 1949
Testino, Mario[229] Peruvian Photographer 1954
Tisci, Riccardo[230] Italian Designer 1974
Tonchi, Stefano[231] American Editor 1959
Touhami, Ramdane[232] French Designer 1974
von Fürstenberg, Diane[233] German Fashion designer 1946
Wall, Berry [n. 24] American Socialite 1860
Wolff, Michael[237] American Journalist 1953
York, Peter[238] British Columnist

Other clients with a notable interest in Charvet

Photo (2009) of Ray Kelly wearing a Charvet tie reproduced in Chaille's Book of Ties.[24]
Name, surnameNationalityOccupationBorn
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

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