Marie Marine

Parisian boutique. It was one of the first, in 1952, to sell luxury prêt-à-porter, following the lead of some of the famous tailors, such as Fath. The boutique was opened by the cousins Fred and Marcel Salem. It had an immediate and long-lasting success. In 1966 they opened another Marie Marine boutique in Deauville. Subsequently, during the height of the ready-made clothing boom, the boutique abandoned its policy of selling a variety of high-quality styles in order to stock exclusively Escada.