Léo Marciano
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| Société Anonyme | |
| Industry | Fashion |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Founder | Leo Marciano |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Products | Luxury goods |
Léo Marciano Paris is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1970 by the eponymous designer Léo Marciano.
The house designed and retailed ready-to-wear and couture as well as leather goods, footwear and fashion accessories. While the Léo Marciano label is predominantly known for its womenswear, the company also ran a menswear line. The house had a notable following in France and Japan and was internationally distributed through its portfolio of retail stores.
The brand was founded by Algerian-born French couturier Léo Marciano in 1970.
Trained in industrial design, Léo Marciano began a teaching career in drawing before shifting his direction towards garment design and opening his eponymous fashion house.
Beginning with the creation of feminine silhouettes, notably dresses and blouses, his first pieces saw success among Paris’ boutiques and abroad.
The press developed an increased interest in his creations as they became more elaborate and began to constitute collections of coordinates in Italian silks and exclusive prints, fine wools and English tweeds and flannels. The French weekly “Jours de France” contributed to his success when it published his work.
By 1972, the company had significantly grown, and orders were coming from all over the world. Rather than outsourcing to factories, Léo Marciano decided to build his own production atelier to fulfil orders and control the quality of his product line. In this atelier of over one hundred employees, he created a research space, using machinery to service a manufacturing.
Léo Marciano was granted the “Couture” label by the French Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and became established in the luxury market.
The fashion house expanded and freestanding Léo Marciano boutiques opened in Paris at rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, rue de Cambon, rue François 1er, and avenue Victor Hugo. “Shop-in-shop” concessions also opened.
In Paris, Léo Marciano became the couturier of choice of women in politics; abroad, he dressed women in power notably Margaret Thatcher and Empress Farah Diba, as well as Princess Caroline de Monaco and a number of actresses such as the star of Orfeu Negro, Marpessa Dawn and Anny Duperey.
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