Jean Cacharel is a nom de guerre. Jean Cacharel was born Jean Louis Henri Bousquet (1932).

He adapted the name Cacharel (which was the name of wild duck) when he moved to Paris during the 1950s.

He worked at a men's tailoring shop, and then as designer/cutter before he launched Jean Cacharel in 1964.

Jean Cacharel was at the right place at the right time in Paris during the 1950s. The power of haute couture was slowly diminishing because World War II devastated the fortunes of the "old money" class.

Cacharel was one of the first ones to recognize the emergence of the "noveau riche" after the war, and their need for ready-to-wear. Paris was also changing from haute couture to pret-a-porter and mass market.

Europe was undergoing a reconstruction. The cityscape was changing, including fashion and it was changing fast.

Jean Cacharel established himself as a designer during the 1960s when he created a woman's shirt that was comfortable and easy to wear.

Again, his timing was right - women's liberation movement would finally hit the mainstream that time. The Cacharel shirts became fashion a must-have.

And the design philosophy of "comfort and ease of wear" became Jean Cacharel's signature style and the building block of his company.

In 2000, husband and wife design team Clements Ribeiro were hired as Head Designers for Cacharel.

Spring 2007 (Photo by Giovanni Pucci)

Fall 2006 (Photo by Giovanni Pucci)

Website: www.cacharel.fr

Press Contact for
CACHAREL:
Magali JOUISHOMME
Sybille JAMMES
Oliver COSTA
36, rue Tronchet
75009 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (1) 42 68 38 88
Fax: +33 (1) 42 68 38 77

Buyers Contact for
CACHAREL:
Eugene DI GIUSEPPE
36, rue Tronchet
75009 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (1) 42 68 38 88
Fax: +33 (1) 42 68 38 77