Lancel (company)
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| Industry | Handbag |
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| Founded | 1876 |
| Founder | Angèle and Alphonse Lancel |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Marianne Romestain (CEO) |
| Products | Handbags suitcases, small leather goods, accessories... |
| Website | www.lancel.com/ |
Lancel is a French luxury leather goods company, founded in Paris in 1876 by Angèle and Alphonse Lancel and developed by their son Albert.
The company manufactured pipes before expanding into leather goods and handbags.
It remained in the hands of the couple's descendants until it was acquired in the late 1970s by the Zorbibe brothers, who then launched the popular bucket-shaped Elsa bag under Chief Executive Sidney Toledano, now CEO at Dior.
Lancel provides leather goods for men and women, such as handbags, wallets, purses, travel items, suitcases, accessories....
The brand has an over 140-year tradition creating luxury leather goods.
The company is still based in Paris, France.
Lancel was founded by Angèle and her husband Alphonse Lancel in 1876, in Paris, France.
Angèle and Alphonse manufactured and sold pipes and accessories for smokers in a small shop in Paris.
At the end of the 1880s, cigarettes became popular in France, especially among women. As society evolved, the couple created specific items. Lancel developed a whole range of products for women smokers such as: cigarette cases, purses...
From 1883, the company produced leather goods. Lancel opened a leather workshop and began making handbags in line with demand. Angèle Lancel designed bags to keep smoking items organized. She replaced almoner's pouches with handbags.
In 1900, Angèle designed "le sac à malices" (bag of tricks), a bag which featured various hidden pockets. Lancel launched its first handbag collection in 1902. She saw bags as “secrets of feminine seduction”.
The company rapidly expanded and produced gifts, jewelry, watches, decorative items... The couple either manufactured the products themselves or relied on their craftsmen.
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