# List of Charvet customers

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 for its time span, Charvet existing since 1838 and having been the first shirt store ever, and as a paradigm of an international "aristo-dandy crossover community". In the 19th century, the shirtmaker both specialized in "royal haberdashery" and attracted the patronage of artists. 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 with a tradition of discretion of French couture houses, the company declines to comment on its customers list, as a service to its customers.

## Kings, princes, heads of state and heads of government

| Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
| Abdul Hamid II | Turkish | Sultan | 1842 |
| Alfonso XII of Spain | Spanish | King | 1857 |
| Alfonso XIII of Spain | Spanish | King | 1886 |
| Antoine, Duke of Montpensier | French | Prince | 1824 |
| Barre, Raymond | French | Prime minister | 1924 |
| Carter, Jimmy | American | President | 1924 |
| Charles III of the United Kingdom | British | King | 1948 |
| Chirac, Jacques | French | President | 1932 |
| Churchill, Winston | British | Prime minister | 1874 |
| de Gaulle, Charles | French | President | 1890 |
| Deschanel, Paul | French | President | 1855 |
| Edward VII of the United Kingdom | English | King | 1841 |
| Edward VIII of the United Kingdom | English | Prince | 1894 |
| Farouk of Egypt | Egyptian | King | 1920 |
| Grimaldi, Stéphanie | Monegasque | Princess | 1965 |
| Haughey, Charles | Irish | Prime minister | 1925 |
| Ali Jinnah, Muhamad | Pakistani | Governor-General | 1876 |
| Kennedy, John F. | American | President | 1917 |
| Mitterrand, François | French | President | 1916 |
| de Morny, Mathilde | French | Princess | 1863 |
| Moro, Aldo | Italian | Prime minister | 1916 |
| Nicholas I of Montenegro | Montenegrin | King | 1841 |
| Obama, Barack | American | President | 1961 |
| Pavlos of Greece | Greek | Prince | 1967 |
| Pavlovich, Dmitri | Russian | Grand Duke | 1891 |
| Singh, Bhupinder | Indian | Maharajah | 1891 |
| Philippe, comte de Paris | French | Prince | 1838 |
| Pompidou, Georges | French | President | 1911 |
| Reagan, Ronald | American | President | 1911 |
| Sarkozy, Nicolas | French | President | 1955 |
| Truman, Harry | American | President | 1884 |

## Writers, artists and actors

| Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
| Acton, Harold | British | Writer | 1904 |
| Adorf, Mario | German | Actor | 1930 |
| Astaire, Fred | American | Actor | 1899 |
| Avedon, Richard | American | Photographer | 1923 |
| Baer, Édouard | French | Actor | 1966 |
| Baudelaire, Charles | French | Poet | 1821 |
| Barton, Ralph | American | Painter | 1891 |
| Beaton, Cecil | English | Photographer | 1904 |
| Edwards Bello, Joaquín | Chilean | Writer | 1887 |
| Bergen, Candice | American | Actress | 1946 |
| Berlioz, Hector | French | Composer | 1803 |
| Betjeman, John | British | Writer | 1906 |
| Birkin, Jane | British | Actress | 1946 |
| Bloom, Allan | American | Writer | 1930 |
| Bourget, Paul | French | Writer | 1852 |
| Brynner, Yul | Russian | Actor | 1920 |
| Broun, Heywood | American | Journalist | 1888 |
| Bywater, Michael | British | Writer | 1953 |
| Cambaceres, Eugenio | Argentinian | Writer | 1843 |
| Cocteau, Jean | French | Writer | 1889 |
| Cooper, Gary | American | Actor | 1901 |
| Condo, George | American | Visual artist | 1957 |
| Coppola, Francis Ford | American | Film director | 1939 |
| Coppola, Roman | American | Film director | 1965 |
| Coppola, Sofia | American | Film director | 1971 |
| Coward, Noël | British | Actor | 1899 |
| Crosby, Bing | American | Singer | 1903 |
| Crowley, Aleister | British | Writer | 1875 |
| Dano, Paul | American | Actor | 1984 |
| Debussy, Claude | French | Composer | 1862 |
| Denby, Edwin | American | Writer | 1903 |
| Deneuve, Catherine | French | Actress | 1943 |
| Diaghilev, Sergei | Russian | Ballet impresario | 1872 |
| D'Ormesson, Jean | French | Writer | 1925 |
| Dujardin, Édouard | French | Writer | 1861 |
| Dunaway, Faye | American | Actress | 1941 |
| Duras, Marguerite | French | Writer | 1914 |
| Eiffel, Gustave | French | Architect | 1832 |
| Feig, Paul | American | Director | 1962 |
| Fairbanks, Douglas | American | Actor | 1883 |
| Fargue, Léon-Paul | French | Writer | 1876 |
| Ferry, Brian | English | Singer | 1945 |
| Février, Jacques | French | Pianist | 1900 |
| Firbank, Ronald | British | Writer | 1886 |
| Follett, Ken | English | Writer | 1949 |
| Gainsbourg, Serge | French | Singer | 1928 |
| Gary, Romain | French | Writer | 1914 |
| Gernsback, Hugo | American | Writer | 1884 |
| Grant White, Richard | American | Writer | 1822 |
| Guinness, Daphne | British | Actress | 1967 |
| Guitry, Sacha | French | Actor | 1885 |
| Hébertot, Jacques | French | producer | 1886 |
| Hemingway, Ernest | American | Writer | 1899 |
| Hergesheimer, Joseph | American | Writer | 1880 |
| Hockney, David | British | Painter | 1937 |
| Horowitz, Vladimir | American | Pianist | 1903 |
| Howard, Brian | British | poet | 1905 |
| Kelly, Kevin | American | editor | 1952 |
| Irons, Jeremy | English | Actor | 1948 |
| Larbaud, Valery | French | Writer | 1881 |
| Kaufman, George S. | American | Writer | 1889 |
| Le Bargy, Charles | French | Actor | 1858 |
| Lebowitz, Fran | American | Writer | 1950 |
| Leigh Fermor, Patrick | British | Writer | 1915 |
| Le Luron, Thierry | French | Humorist | 1952 |
| Lennon, Sean | American | Musician | 1975 |
| Lévy, Bernard-Henry | French | Writer | 1948 |
| Luchini, Fabrice | French | Actor | 1951 |
| Manet, Édouard | French | Painter | 1832 |
| Marcosson, Isaac Frederick | American | editor | 1877 |
| Matisse, Henri | French | Painter | 1869 |
| Mayle, Peter | British | Writer | 1939 |
| Menjou, Adolphe | American | Actor | 1890 |
| Modiano, Patrick | French | Writer | 1945 |
| Monet, Claude | French | Painter | 1840 |
| Montesquiou, Robert de | French | Poet | 1855 |
| Morand, Paul | French | Writer | 1888 |
| Noiret, Philippe | French | Actor | 1930 |
| Niemeyer, Oscar | Brazilian | Architect | 1907 |
| Offenbach, Jacques | French | Composer | 1819 |
| Pidgeon, Walter | Canadian | Actor | 1897 |
| Proust, Marcel | French | Writer | 1871 |
| Radiguet, Raymond | French | Writer | 1905 |
| Reverdy, Pierre | French | Writer | 1889 |
| Richman, Harry | American | Actor | 1895 |
| Rostand, Edmond | French | Writer | 1868 |
| Rostand, Maurice | French | Writer | 1891 |
| Runyon, Damon | American | Writer | 1880 |
| Sand, George | French | Writer | 1804 |
| Schofield, Leo | Australian | Critic | 1935 |
| Saraiva, André | French | Graffiti artist | 1971 |
| Simenon, Georges | Belgian | Writer | 1903 |
| Sitwell, Osbert | English | Writer | 1892 |
| Stein, Gertrude | American | Writer | 1874 |
| Thomson, Virgil | American | Composer | 1896 |
| de Tocqueville, Alexis | French | Writer | 1805 |
| Thurman, Uma | American | Actress | 1970 |
| Van Vechten, Carl | American | Photographer | 1880 |
| Waugh, Evelyn | English | Writer | 1903 |
| Welles, Orson | American | Film director | 1915 |
| White, Stanford | American | Architect | 1853 |
| Wilde, Oscar | Irish | Writer | 1854 |
| Wilder, Billy | American | Film director | 1906 |
| Willis, Bruce | American | Actor | 1955 |
| Wolfe, Tom | American | Writer | 1931 |
| Wright, Frank Lloyd | American | Architect | 1867 |
| Zola, Émile | French | Writer | 1840 |

## Designers and fashion specialists

| Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
| Altuzarra, Joseph | French | Designer | 1985 |
| Baron, Fabien | French | Editor | 1959 |
| Bastian, Michael | American | Fashion designer | 1965 |
| Blahnik, Manolo | Spanish | Designer | 1942 |
| Boateng, Ozwald | British | Designer | 1967 |
| Bowles, Hamish | British | Editor | 1963 |
| Campbell, Thomas P. | American | Museum director | 1962 |
| Cardin, Pierre | French | Designer | 1922 |
| de Castelbajac, Jean-Charles | French | designer | 1949 |
| Chanel, Coco | French | Designer | 1883 |
| Conran, Jasper | English | Designer | 1959 |
| Dello Russo, Anna | Italian | Editor at large | 1962 |
| Elkann, Lapo | Italian | Entrepreneur | 1977 |
| Ettedgui, Joseph | British | Fashion retailer | 1936 |
| Evins David | American | Shoe designer | 1909 |
| Fekkai, Frédéric | French | Hairdresser | 1958 |
| Galanos, James | American | Designer | 1924 |
| Galliano, John | English | Designer | 1960 |
| Kors, Michael | American | Designer | 1959 |
| Lagerfeld, Karl | German | Designer | 1933 |
| Louboutin, Christian | French | Designer | 1963 |
| Monteil Germaine | French | Designer | 1898 |
| Moss, Kate | English | Model | 1974 |
| Mugler, Thierry | French | Designer | 1948 |
| O'Brien, Glenn | American | Editor | |
| Ossendrijver, Lucas | Dutch | Artistic director | 1971 |
| Perriand, Charlotte | French | Designer | 1903 |
| Picasso, Paloma | French | Designer | 1949 |
| Posen, Zac | American | Designer | 1980 |
| Roitfeld, Carine | French | Editor-in-Chief | 1954 |
| Rucci, Ralph | American | Designer | 1957 |
| Saint Laurent, Yves | French | Designer | 1936 |
| Sánchez, Fernando | Spanish | Fashion designer | 1935 |
| Sarafpour, Behnaz | American | Designer | |
| Takada, Kenzo | Japanese | Designer | 1939 |
| Taschen, Benedikt | German | Art publisher | 1961 |
| Talley, André Leon | American | Editor | 1949 |
| Testino, Mario | Peruvian | Photographer | 1954 |
| Tisci, Riccardo | Italian | Designer | 1974 |
| Tonchi, Stefano | American | Editor | 1959 |
| Touhami, Ramdane | French | Designer | 1974 |
| von Fürstenberg, Diane | German | Fashion designer | 1946 |
| Wall, Berry | American | Socialite | 1860 |
| Wolff, Michael | American | Journalist | 1953 |
| York, Peter | British | Columnist | |

## Other clients with a notable interest in Charvet

| Name, surname | Nationality | Occupation | Born |
| Bigelow, William Sturgis | American | Doctor | 1850 |
| Blagojevich, Rod | American | Politician | 1956 |
| Capel, Arthur "Boy" | English | Businessman | 1881 |
| Kelly, Ray | American | Commissioner | 1941 |
| Madoff, Bernard | American | Stockbroker | 1938 |
| Tang, David | Chinese | Businessman | 1954 |