Feraud

In 1950, Louis Feraud created his first "Maison de Couture" in Cannes and by 1955 he had established a Couture House in Paris on the rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré.

From the mid 50s he was dressing the Parisian elite and designed the wardrobe of Brigitte Bardot for many of her movies. However It wasn't until 1958 that he presented his first Haute Couture collection in Paris .

The early 1960's saw Louis Feraud hire the young unknown designers Jean-Louis Scherrer and Per Spook.

In 1970 he signed a contract with Fink (Germany) for a ladies' ready-to-wear collection. The year 1978 was an excellent one for Feraud with him winning the "Golden Thimble Award" for his Spring/Summer 1978 Haute Couture Collection. He went on to claim this accolade again in 1984.

Adding to his growing collection of honours Louis Feraud was elected Prince de l'Art de Vivre in 1991. In 1995 he was decorated Officer de la Legion d'honneur, by the French President. Kiki his daughter signed her first Haute Couture collection with Feraud in 1996. In September 1999 the Dutch group Secon acquired Feraud with its founder dying that December aged 79.

2007, the tradition lives on with Feraud designer ties now available online from Patrick McMurray. Louis Feraud joins other premier designers, including, Timothy Everest, Ian Flaherty, Simon Carter, Kenzo, Michelsons, Cressida Bell, Shane McCoubrey and Neil Bottle, to feature the best they have to offer.