sophiesophie1997
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somebody know this tag and how old is it ?
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somebody know this tag and how old is it ?
LaurenMcB
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Excerpt from an archived news item in 1984:
"Two years ago Pierbe of France -- until then a Lyon-based maker of fashionable women's clothing -- decided to retail its own products.
That decision was so successful that this year Pierbe is expanding to international markets. The first Pierbe boutique outside of France is opening at Valley View Center on the affluent north side of Dallas . . .
. . . Pierre Besancon, a refugee from the Alsace Lorraine district of France, founded Pierbe in Lyon in 1945 with a small amount of money awarded to him by the French government.
Besancon used the money to buy cotton cloth, rare during that postwar period. On their kitchen table he and his wife, Andree, fashioned a blouse.
In their first year they sold 100 blouses. Business grew and soon they had neighbors making blouses for them in their homes. After 10 years they were making 100 blouses a day and moved their operation into a small manufacturing facility."
Corporate records show the Texas venture was created in 1983 and dissolved in 1988.
"Two years ago Pierbe of France -- until then a Lyon-based maker of fashionable women's clothing -- decided to retail its own products.
That decision was so successful that this year Pierbe is expanding to international markets. The first Pierbe boutique outside of France is opening at Valley View Center on the affluent north side of Dallas . . .
. . . Pierre Besancon, a refugee from the Alsace Lorraine district of France, founded Pierbe in Lyon in 1945 with a small amount of money awarded to him by the French government.
Besancon used the money to buy cotton cloth, rare during that postwar period. On their kitchen table he and his wife, Andree, fashioned a blouse.
In their first year they sold 100 blouses. Business grew and soon they had neighbors making blouses for them in their homes. After 10 years they were making 100 blouses a day and moved their operation into a small manufacturing facility."
Corporate records show the Texas venture was created in 1983 and dissolved in 1988.
sophiesophie1997
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I keep looking at this... not really sure it is actually vintage (at least 20 years old). I see a lot items by this brand listed for sale, from various decades, but it seems the company doesn't exist anymore. A help might be to find out until when this company actually existed.