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Chloé
Chloé is the Paris luxury house founded in 1952 by Gaby Aghion. It is associated with a soft, romantic ready-to-wear vocabulary and has been shaped by creative eras including Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, Phoebe Philo, Natacha Ramsay-Levi and Gabriela Hearst. The house now spans fashion, leather goods, footwear, accessories, fragrance and licensing and is part of Richemont. Chemena Kamali is Creative Director and Laurent Malecaze is President and CEO. Their roles are modelled separately, allowing the page to describe current creative authorship and commercial leadership without overwriting history. Richemont’s consolidated reporting remains parent-group context, not a complete Chloé-only financial record.
- Country
- France
- Founded
- 1952
- Founder
- Gaby Aghion
- Creative lead
- Chemena Kamali
- Ownership
- Richemont
- Revenue scope
- Consolidated Richemont
- Documented milestones
- 6
- Gaby Aghion — Founder and Creative Director1952–1985 · house · former · Chloé
- Karl Lagerfeld — Lead Designer1963–1983 · womenswear · former · Vogue
- Martine Sitbon — Head Designer1987–1992 · house · former · Chloé
- Karl Lagerfeld — Creative Director1992–1997 · womenswear · former · Vogue
- Stella McCartney — Creative Director1997–2001 · house · former · Chloé
- Phoebe Philo — Creative Director2001–2006 · all fashion · former · Vogue
- Paulo Melim Andersson — Creative Director2006–2008 · house · former · Chloé
- Hannah MacGibbon — Creative Director2008–2011 · house · former · Chloé
- Laurent Malecaze — President and Chief Executive Officer2024–Present · house · current · Richemont
- 1952 — House foundedGaby Aghion designs Chloé's first collection in Paris.
- 1957 — First fashion showAghion presents the Spring–Summer 1958 collection at Café de Flore.
- 1964 — Karl Lagerfeld joinsLagerfeld joins the collaborative design team and later becomes the house's sole designer.
- 1997 — Stella McCartney appointedMcCartney becomes Chloé's youngest creative director.
- 2001 — Phoebe Philo appointedPhilo succeeds Stella McCartney as creative director.
- 2023 — Chemena Kamali appointedKamali becomes creative director of the Maison.