A brown leather bag with a gold clasp

The maisons.

Most of the great houses began with one craft and one address in Paris. They still keep both.

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  1. Thierry Hermès opened in Paris in 1837 as a harness maker. The house has been at 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré since 1880.
  2. Gabrielle Chanel opened her first shop at 21 rue Cambon in 1910.
  3. Louis Vuitton has made trunks at Asnières since 1859.
  4. Christian Dior showed his first collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne on February 12, 1947.
Faubourg Saint-Honoré

Hermès, from the harness up.

1837Thierry Hermès opens in Paris

Thierry Hermès opened his workshop in Paris in 1837, making harnesses for carriages. The house moved to 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in 1880 and is still there. Many of its bags are made from start to finish by a single artisan.

Rue Cambon

Chanel and the apartment.

1910Gabrielle Chanel opens at 21 rue Cambon

Gabrielle Chanel opened her first shop, a milliner's, at 21 rue Cambon in 1910. The house has been at 31 rue Cambon since 1918, and her apartment above the salon is kept as she left it.

Asnières and Avenue Montaigne

The trunk and the New Look.

1854Louis Vuitton opens as a trunk maker

Louis Vuitton opened in Paris in 1854 as a trunk maker and moved his workshop to Asnières in 1859, where trunks are still made to order.

Christian Dior showed his first collection at 30 Avenue Montaigne on February 12, 1947. The press called it the New Look, and the address is still the house.

The shirtmakers

Place Vendôme and Jermyn Street.

1838Charvet opens in Paris

Charvet has made shirts in Paris since 1838 and stands on Place Vendôme. In London, Turnbull & Asser has been on Jermyn Street since 1885. In Rome, Brioni was founded in 1945.

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Sources. Hermès · Chanel · Louis Vuitton · Dior · Turnbull & Asser. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here.

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When was Hermès founded?

In 1837, in Paris, by Thierry Hermès, as a harness maker.

It has been at 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré since 1880.

Where did Chanel begin?

At 21 rue Cambon in Paris, where Gabrielle Chanel opened a milliner's shop in 1910.

The house has been at 31 rue Cambon since 1918.

Where are Louis Vuitton trunks made?

At the house's workshop in Asnières, outside Paris, since 1859.

What was the New Look?

The name the press gave to Christian Dior's first collection, shown at 30 Avenue Montaigne on February 12, 1947.

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