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from the beginning

Agnès b. opened her first shop in the Rue du Jour in Paris in 1975. Since then, the designer has been offering fashions that match and reflect the spirit of the age, a wardrobe that adapts to every personality and can be worn for a very long time. Agnès b. designs all these lines herself - without counting the collections of watches, jewellery, accessories and glasses. Since the company started, it has opened more than a hundred shops throughout the world. A family enterprise, a civic enterprise, agnès b. tries as far as possible to keep her production in France.


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The agnès b. trademark is registered
agnès b. established her own clothing label in 1973. She borrowed the first letter of his surname and use the b. of her first husband's name, the publisher Christian Bourgois. Her first daughter was born this same year.
First store opens
Together with Jean René de Fleurieu, her husband and the father of her two youngest daughters, she opened her first store in an old butcher’s store in les Halles, the Central Market of the city. The area was going through a radical change: the National Museum of Modern Art (Centre George Pompidou) was just finished, and the Central Market was relocated outside Paris, leading to the [... ]
Founding of agnès b. worldwide
In 1980 agnès b. created her first subsidiary in New York with a first store in Soho, an unusual area for fashion at the time. She discovered the young graffiti movement for which she developed a strong interest.
first menswear store
New store opened at 2, rue du jour for womenswear and childrenswear lines. 3, rue du jour became the first menswear store.
agnès b. for children
The childrenswear line is born! Babies, kids, teenagers… they can be dressed in agnès b. too!
Opening of the Galerie du Jour
In 1984, very shortly after the opening of her first store, she opened the galerie du jour: “I wanted to create a gallery to be able to show what I love. It is called a gallery but one could say a place to show the various faces of things. I would also like to imagine new ways of circulating images, and give everyone access to it.” With a strong representation of photography, the [... ]
Founding of agnès b. Sunrise
In 1984, agnès b. and Jean René de Fleurieu created agnès b. sunrise in Japan. The success is extraordinary: no less than fifty stores were opened in only a few years.
agnès b. joins the Club des Créateurs de Beauté
Launch of a range of cosmetics with L’Oréal for the Club des Créateurs de Beauté (CCB).
Founding of agnès b. British subsidiary
Founding of agnès b. UK, British subsidiary and opening in London of first store.
 
 

 
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