House of Emile Béchoff (French, 1922 – 1940s)
House of Emile Béchoff was French fashion house, opened in 1922 by Emile BÉCHOFF, one of the founders of the Bechoff-David & Cie fashion house after the latter ceased its activities. Was active before the start of the WWII.
Emile BÉCHOFF (born around 1868) was first involved in the fashion business in the house Bechoff-David & Cie which was located at 7, Avenue de l'Opera, and later moved to 20, Place Vendôme. Bechoff-David & Cie was created by Emile BÉCHOFF, Siegfried DAVID and Philippe HECHT. Emile BÉCHOFF first worked for 17 years in a Brussels fashion house before settling in Paris. Within Béchoff-David & Cie, he creates models and directs the workshops, DAVID was in charge of the relations with the clients and HECHT in charge of managing the house and supervising the fur department. The wife of Emile BÉCHOFF (born Marguerite NETTER) was sometimes presented by the press as director of the fashion house.
Like several other fashion houses of German origin (for example, Drecoll), the Bechoff-David house was the subject of violent attacks during the WWI. That era was in fact on the hunt for companies that could be linked to German interests and the foreign origin of the partners of Bechoff-David & Cie then became controversial. Added to this question was a scandal known as the Desclaux affair. Colonel DESCLAUX, paymaster to the armies, was in fact guilty of diverting provisions for the benefit of his mistress Marguerite BÉCHOFF, the wife of Emile BÉCHOFF. The affair made the headlines in the press and a trial was held before the war Council 3.
After the end of WWI the partners created their own fashion houses. Thus, Émile BÉCHOFF created a house in his name at 9, Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The same year, Philippe HECHT created the Philippe et Gaston house with Gaston KAUFMANN. In 1927, US Vogue explained how Emile BÉCHOFF had succeeded to make his couture house a collective success with him and Madame NETTER as creative directors. The actual designing of coats and dresses was in the hands of Henriette CART and Jean SFARTI, Madame Lucienne was in charge of the hat design. This house ceased to exist around the early 1940s.
Emile BÉCHOFF (born around 1868) was first involved in the fashion business in the house Bechoff-David & Cie which was located at 7, Avenue de l'Opera, and later moved to 20, Place Vendôme. Bechoff-David & Cie was created by Emile BÉCHOFF, Siegfried DAVID and Philippe HECHT. Emile BÉCHOFF first worked for 17 years in a Brussels fashion house before settling in Paris. Within Béchoff-David & Cie, he creates models and directs the workshops, DAVID was in charge of the relations with the clients and HECHT in charge of managing the house and supervising the fur department. The wife of Emile BÉCHOFF (born Marguerite NETTER) was sometimes presented by the press as director of the fashion house.
Like several other fashion houses of German origin (for example, Drecoll), the Bechoff-David house was the subject of violent attacks during the WWI. That era was in fact on the hunt for companies that could be linked to German interests and the foreign origin of the partners of Bechoff-David & Cie then became controversial. Added to this question was a scandal known as the Desclaux affair. Colonel DESCLAUX, paymaster to the armies, was in fact guilty of diverting provisions for the benefit of his mistress Marguerite BÉCHOFF, the wife of Emile BÉCHOFF. The affair made the headlines in the press and a trial was held before the war Council 3.
After the end of WWI the partners created their own fashion houses. Thus, Émile BÉCHOFF created a house in his name at 9, Faubourg Saint-Honoré. The same year, Philippe HECHT created the Philippe et Gaston house with Gaston KAUFMANN. In 1927, US Vogue explained how Emile BÉCHOFF had succeeded to make his couture house a collective success with him and Madame NETTER as creative directors. The actual designing of coats and dresses was in the hands of Henriette CART and Jean SFARTI, Madame Lucienne was in charge of the hat design. This house ceased to exist around the early 1940s.