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"The Houses That Chanel Bought"

while at Lesage i learned about the company Chanel created named Parafection, a word which roughly means “for the love of”.  as i said in the previous post, Chanel bought Lesage in order to keep the skill, trade and business alive. Chanel bought 6 other houses as well whose crafts are also highly valued by top fashion houses. for a good overview of each house check out this article and slideshow from the Wall Street Journal: link

otherwise click on the name of each house to go to their website.

Embroidery - Lesage

Hats/Milliner - Michel

Feathers - Lemarie

Buttons - Desrues

Jewelry - Goossens

Flowers - Guillet

Shoes - Massaro 

(Source: mode-macarons)

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