Listed according to alphabet C - High Fashion Brands
- Cacharel
Cacharel is a French brand of ready-to-wear clothing, perfume and accessories. It was created in 1962 by Jean Bousquet, who founded the company of the same name in 1964. Cacharel is named after the local name of the garganey (Anas querquedula, a small duck) in the Camargue Cacharel is a French brand of ready-to-wear clothing, perfume and accessories. It was created in 1962 by Jean Bousquet, who founded the company of the same name in 1964. Cacharel is named after the local name of the garganey (Anas querquedula, a small duck) in the Camargue
- Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein Inc. is an American fashion brand founded in 1968 by Calvin Klein. Currently, it is owned by Phillips-Van Heusen.
- Calvin Klein Collection
Calvin Klein Collection is the brand name for the costly high-end designer menswear and womenswear lines from fashion house Calvin Klein.
Calvin Klein Collection. Designer apparel, dresses, coats, dress shirts, eyewear, footwear and leather goods are sold under this 'black label' line, which represents the top level in the brand pyramid of the various Calvin Klein brands.
- Caraceni
Caraceni was founded in Rome in 1913 by the father of Italian tailoring, Domenico Caraceni. At one point in the 1930s, Domenico and his family operated ateliers in Rome, Milan and Paris. The Paris atelier was operated by Domenico's brother, Augusto, who closed his atelier when Mussolini declared war on France.
- Roberto Cavalli
Roberto Cavalli was born in Florence, Italy on November 15, 1940 to an artistic family; his grandfather, Giuseppe Rossi, was a prolific member of the Macchiaioli Movement, whose work is exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery. Cavalli decided to enroll at the local Art Institute, concentrating in textile print. While still a student, he made a series of flower prints on knit that caught the attention of major Italian hosiery factories.
- Celine (brand)
Celine is a French luxury house founded in 1945 by Celine Vipiana. Today, it is an international luxury goods brand owned by LVMH, purchased in 1996 for 2.7 billion French francs ($540 million). Celine was originally created as a made-to-measure children's shoe business that eventually grew into women's shoes and accessories. The ready-to-wear line debuted in the 1960s.
- Cerruti 1881
Cerruti 1881 is a high-end luxury Milan based brand of clothing and fragrances by Nino Cerruti (who trained Giorgio Armani). It has boutiques in London, Paris and New York City. Other cities with Cerruti stores include Stockholm, Athens, Birmingham, Riyadh, Cosenza, Dubai, Hong Kong, Chester, Panama, Sofia, Bucharest and Bordeaux. There are also Cerruti menswear stores in Abu Dhabi and Paris.
- Chado Ralph Rucci
Chado Ralph Rucci is a luxury clothing line designed by Ralph Rucci, the first American designer to receive an invitation to the Paris haute couture shows since Mainbocher. The name of the collection comes from chado, the Japanese tea ceremony noted for its attention to detail, exactitude, sense of austere style, and intensive expertise on the part of the practitioner.
- Chanel
Chanel S.A., commonly known as Chanel, is a Parisian fashion house founded by the late couturier Coco Chanel. Specializing in luxury goods (haute couture, ready-to-wear, handbags, perfumery, and cosmetics among others), the Chanel label has become one of the most recognized names in luxury and haute couture fashion industry. According to Forbes, the privately held House of Chanel is jointly owned by Alain Wertheimer and Gerard Wertheimer who are the grandsons of the early (1924) Chanel partner Pierre Wertheimer.
- Shiatzy Chen
Shiatzy Chen is a fashion designer and the eponym of her luxury goods brand. She was born in 1951 in Changhua, Taiwan and founded the company in 1978. Shiatzy adopts Chinese aesthetics in combination with western cuttings and Chinese handcrafting techniques.
- Chloé
Chloé is a French fashion house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion.
- Christian Dior SA
Headquartered in Paris, Christian Dior S.A. (more commonly known as Dior) is a French high-fashion clothing retailer which owns the major luxury company, Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton. Alone, Christian Dior S.A. itself controls 42% of LVMH assets. The Dior label is the namesake of designer Christian Dior who launched the haute couture empire in 1946. Christian Dior Couture, a division of the whole House of Dior, designs and produces some of the world's most coveted haute couture, as well as luxury ready-to-wear fashion, menswear and accessories. Today, Dior operates about 160 boutiques worldwide with plans to open more in the coming years.
- CoSTUME NATIONAL
CoSTUME NATIONAL is the name of an Italian fashion house, founded in Milan in 1986 by Ennio Capasa, a fashion designer from Lecce. The head office is currently in Milan in Via Fusetti; actual manufacturing for the Costume National and Costume National Homme brands takes place in the organization’
- Comme des Garçons
Comme des Garçons, French for "like boys", is a Japanese fashion label headed by Rei Kawakubo, who is also its sole owner. Comme des Garçons has a dozen boutiques and approximately 200 vendors around the world, with flagship stores in Aoyama, Tokyo's high fashion district, as well as Place Vendôme in Paris. Each year, the company grosses in the neighborhood of $150 million
- Commuun
Commuun has been presenting during Paris Women's Ready to Wear Fashion Week since 2005. Since the first collection, Spring Summer 2006, Commuun maintained its critical acclaim among some of the highest regarded stores around the world such as Maria Luisa in Paris, Dover Street Market in London, 10 Corso Como and Isetan in Tokyo etc. Commuun was announced the winner of LVMH award and Longchamp award for ANDAM 2007.
- Corneliani
Corneliani is an Italian clothing manufacturer best known for its suits and sportcoats. The house style is less aggressive than Brioni but more structured than "soft" Neapolitan tailors such as Kiton. It might be described, loosely, as "middle-of-the-
- Creatures of the Wind
Creatures of the Wind is an American fashion collective headed by Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters. Creatures of the Wind is also referred to as "CoTW" or simply "Creatures".
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