Born: Nîmes, France, 1932
Originally a men’s tailor, Jean Cacharel switched to womenswear when he became a pattern cutter and stylist at Jean Jourdan of Paris. He founded his own business at the turn of the 1960s, perfectly capturing the downturn of couture and upward mobility of ready to wear. Cacharel sealed his fame when he collaborated with Liberty of London during the mid-1960s, revamping their traditional prints and making them relevant to a hipper, younger clientele. The Cacharel label consequently became synonymous with sporty, easy shapes, adding childrenswear, jeans and menswear in 1994, and two phenomenally successful fragrances – Anais Anais and Lou Lou. Jean Cacharel _received an Export Trade Oscar in 1969.
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