Story and history of Thuillier Chemisier's brand
It's during year 1930, afer have been at SULKA's (a famous shirtmaker in Paris) service that Robert Thuillier, graduate "shirtmaker and creator", decide to open his first own shop 19 Marignan Street in PARIS (18th district). Later, he will transfer it Galilée street, then Jean Mermoz street…
During the 60's, he let the charge to continue the business to one of his sons, André. André will decide to settle the shop in the heart of shirtmaker's area, 9 Marbeuf street.
This place would be the last one still the shop close his doors at the end of the 90'. The best point of this place was that it was located just near the greatest fashion designers, with who Thuillier Chemisier had great and complementary relationships, particularly with the tailor Urban.
Clothing made were mainly high quality, upper range custom made shirts, but housecoat, pajamas and boxer shorts were made on demand too.
At that time, the brand awareness and the quality were at his apogee and someother creations, such as djellabas are ordered by famous Middel East political leaders.
Thuillier's product quality is now internationally recognized. The best quality and precious raw materials are choosen for manufacturing : upper range English poplin, batiste, japenese silk and so on...
André Thuillier will ever be very strict concerning quality and fabric. All the products are home made or production is entrust to small provincial closing workshop.
A lot of weel known people from different horizons were regular customers for years. So, Anthony Quinn, Prince Pierre de Monaco, Jean Dutourd, Valéry Giscard D'Estaing, Bouygues, Borotra, le Prince Bandar Fahad, Jacques Martin, Charles Jourdan and many others were wearing Thuilliers's creations.
It's mainly with President Mitterrand, who entrust his shirts confection to André Thuillier since 1981, that the brand become very famous in Paris area. He will be loyal towards the brand still his death.
If the brad stayed "well known but discrete", every press articles are unanymous abour quality and prestige of Thuillier's shirts.
That is the reason why, thanks to Didier Thuillier's impulsion, the third generation decided to start the adventure again in respect with the brand tradition.
This way, in a near future, Didier Thuillier will propose a full range of french quality made shirts and accessories.
Quality, skill in the art, attributes of our dynamic and beautyful country, have a brilliant future, whatever nostalgic and bad mooded people said !
