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Lemaire
LEMAIRE is the Paris fashion house led by Christophe Lemaire and Sarah-Linh Tran. Lemaire founded his namesake label in 1991; Tran joined as Co-Artistic Director in 2010, and together they develop an everyday wardrobe around modular silhouette, function, subtle construction and materials sourced primarily in Europe and Japan. Both also co-direct the Uniqlo R&D Center in Paris and Uniqlo U, which are separate external roles rather than evidence that Uniqlo owns LEMAIRE. The directory preserves their joint creative authorship and distinguishes it from any corporate or financial claim. Its cultural collaborations, stores and material commitments are useful context, but not proxies for unreported business performance.
- Country
- France
- Founded
- 1991
- Founder
- Christophe Lemaire
- Creative lead
- Sarah-Linh Tran
- Ownership
- Privately held
- Documented milestones
- 4
- Christophe Lemaire — Founder1991–Present · house · current · LEMAIRE
- Christophe Lemaire — Artistic Co-Director2010–Present · house · current · Le Monde
- Sarah-Linh Tran — Co-Artistic Director2010–Present · all fashion · current · Lemaire
- 1991 — House foundedChristophe Lemaire establishes his namesake label.
- 2010 — Tran joins leadershipSarah-Linh Tran becomes co-artistic director.
- 2014 — Independent focusChristophe Lemaire leaves Hermès to focus on the house.
- 2016 — Uniqlo ULemaire and Tran begin co-directing Uniqlo's Paris R&D centre.