Soeurs Callot
CALLOT SOEUR. A FRENCH FASHION HOUSE
French fashion house. In 1895, the four sisters Callot — Marie Gerber, Marthe Bertrand, Regina Tennyson-Chantrell, and Joséphine Crimont, the daughters of a painter and a lace maker — opened a workshop in Paris at 24 Rue Taitbout, putting their family’s experience and Marie’s successful embroidery shop to good use. Their creations, based on a wide variety of colors and a daring matching of laces, in particular won a large American clientele.
“THE CALLOT SOEURS DRESS THE WOMEN, DO NOT DECORATE THEM: THEY ARE REAL SEATS”
The four sisters were quite happy to experiment by mixing laces, fabrics and furs together, almost creating clothes influenced by the Orient in the early years of the twentieth century. During one of the premières at their dressmaker’s shop, the famous couturière Madeleine Vionnet said about them: “The Callot sisters dress women, but do not decorate them: they are real dressmakers.” From 1927, the maison was managed by Marie’s sons, Pierre and Paul, and was later bought by Marie-Louise Calvet. It closed in 1954.
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