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'''Charivari''' was a clothing |
'''Charivari''' was a chain of clothing stores in [[New York City, New York|New York City]]. Its first store opened in 1967 and had grown to six stores before finally closing in 1998. It is known for championing [[avant-garde]] fashion designers in the 1980s. The name translates to "uproar" in French.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benjamin |first=Claudie |date=June 9, 2020 |title=An Interview with Barbara Weiser, A Founder of Charivari |url=https://ilovetheupperwestside.com/barbara-weiser-founder-of-charivari-interview/ |access-date=November 30, 2023 |website=i love the upper west side}}</ref> Its rise to prominence in fashion coincided with the [[gentrification]] of its neighborhood, [[Manhattan]]'s [[Upper West Side]].<ref name="VFair16">{{cite news|last1=Sischy|first1=Ingrid|author-link = Ingrid Sischy|title=The Rise and Fall of Charivari, the Cult Boutique of Fashion's Cutting Edge|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-charivari-the-cult-boutique-of-fashion|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=4 August 2016}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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During the 1970s and 1980s the store grew from one to five locations (four were on the Upper West Side, there was a store on [[57th Street (Manhattan)|West 57]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Duka|first1=John|title=A Charivari in Midtown|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/17/style/a-charivari-in-midtown.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[New York Times]]|date=17 June 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Schiro|first1=Anne-Marie|title=Fashion; A Kickier, Bigger Charivari|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/07/style/fashion-a-kickier-bigger-charivari.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[New York Times]]|date=7 October 1990}}</ref> and a sixth location on the [[Upper East Side]] was added in 1992). The Upper West Side locations were designed by Alan J. Buchsbaum.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Giovannini|first1=Joseph|title=Alan Buchsbaum, High Tech Architect, Dies|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/11/obituaries/alan-buchsbaum-high-tech-architect-dies.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[New York Times]]|date=11 April 1987}}</ref>. The store championed Japanese and European designers and is with significantly contributing to the revolution in fashion that took place in the 1980s.<ref name="VFair16"></ref> Some of the designers featured at Charivari included [[Azzedine Alaïa]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[Ann Demeulemeester]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Perry Ellis]], [[Jean Paul Gaultier]], [[Katharine Hamnett]], [[Marc Jacobs]] (who, as a teenager, worked at Charivari<ref name="NYT09">{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|title=Selma Weiser, Boutique Innovator, Dies at 84|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/business/17weiser.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[New York Times]]|date=16 June 2009}}</ref>), [[Helmut Lang (fashion brand)|Helmut Lang]], [[Issey Miyake]], [[Thierry Mugler]], [[Dries van Noten]], [[Miuccia Prada]], [[Gianni Versace]], and [[Yohji Yamamoto]].<ref name="VFair16"></ref>. Writing about the closing of the chain in [[The New Yorker]], Rebecca Mead noted: "If, during the nineteen-eighties, you wanted your clothes to indicate that you were a) in the know, fashionwise; b) a bit of an intellectual; and c) not afraid of wearing unfinished seams or jackets turned inside out, or other things that might, if not worn with sufficient élan, look like fashion disasters, then you shopped at Charivari."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mead|first1=Rebecca|title=Rag Trade|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/02/01/rag-trade-16|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[The New Yorker]]|date=1 February 1999|pages=24}}</ref> |
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The Charivari stores were founded by Jon Weiser, his mother Selma and his sister Barbara Weiser in 1967. They ran the stores together.<ref name="CharivariOpening">{{cite web |author=Kahn, Anna |date=16 July 2017 |title=Charivari: A fashionable upper west side story |url=https://www.westsiderag.com/2017/07/16/charivari-a-fashionable-upper-west-side-story |accessdate=7 April 2020 |work=West Side Rag}}</ref> Charivari was the first high-fashion store in the Upper West Side. |
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In 1976, the men's store relocated across the street. That year, ''Esquire'' magazine ran a feature about America's eight top stores and Charivari was picked for New York.<ref name="VFair16" /> During the 1970s and 1980s the store grew from one to five locations (four were on the Upper West Side, there was a store on [[57th Street (Manhattan)|West 57]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Duka|first1=John|title=A Charivari in Midtown|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/17/style/a-charivari-in-midtown.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 June 1984}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Schiro|first1=Anne-Marie|title=Fashion; A Kickier, Bigger Charivari|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/07/style/fashion-a-kickier-bigger-charivari.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 October 1990}}</ref> and a sixth location on the [[Upper East Side]] was added in 1992<ref name="NYT09">{{cite news|last1=Weber|first1=Bruce|author-link = Bruce Weber (photographer)|title=Selma Weiser, Boutique Innovator, Dies at 84|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/business/17weiser.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=16 June 2009}}</ref>). The Upper West Side locations were designed by Alan J. Buchsbaum.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Giovannini|first1=Joseph|title=Alan Buchsbaum, High Tech Architect, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/11/obituaries/alan-buchsbaum-high-tech-architect-dies.html|accessdate=3 March 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=11 April 1987}}</ref> |
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Writing about the closing of the chain in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', Rebecca Mead noted: "If, during the nineteen-eighties, you wanted your clothes to indicate that you were a) in the know, fashion wise; b) a bit of an intellectual; and c) not afraid of wearing unfinished seams or jackets turned inside out, or other things that might, if not worn with sufficient élan, look like fashion disasters, then you shopped at Charivari."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mead |first1=Rebecca |author-link=Rebecca Mead |date=1 February 1999 |title=Rag Trade |pages=24 |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/02/01/rag-trade-16 |accessdate=3 March 2018}}</ref> |
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== Activities == |
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The Charivari stores featured Japanese and European designer wear, including [[Azzedine Alaïa]], [[Giorgio Armani]], [[Ann Demeulemeester]], [[Dolce & Gabbana]], [[Perry Ellis]], [[Jean Paul Gaultier]], [[Katharine Hamnett]], [[Marc Jacobs]] (who, as a teenager, worked at Charivari<ref name="NYT09" />), [[Helmut Lang (fashion brand)|Helmut Lang]], [[Issey Miyake]], [[Thierry Mugler]], [[Dries van Noten]], [[Prada]], [[Gianni Versace]], and [[Yohji Yamamoto]].<ref name="VFair16" /> |
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industrie | Clothes shop |
| Gegründet | April 1, 1967 in New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Gründer | Selma Weiser[1] |
| Defunct | 1998 |
| Fate | Bankrupt |
| Hauptsitz | , |
Key people | Selma Weiser (Founder) Barbara Weiser Jon Weiser |
Charivari was a chain of clothing stores in New York City. Its first store opened in 1967 and had grown to six stores before finally closing in 1998. It is known for championing avant-garde fashion designers in the 1980s. The name translates to "uproar" in French.[2] Its rise to prominence in fashion coincided with the gentrification of its neighborhood, Manhattan's Upper West Side.[3]
History
[edit]The Charivari stores were founded by Jon Weiser, his mother Selma and his sister Barbara Weiser in 1967. They ran the stores together.[4] Charivari was the first high-fashion store in the Upper West Side.
In 1976, the men's store relocated across the street. That year, Esquire magazine ran a feature about America's eight top stores and Charivari was picked for New York.[3] During the 1970s and 1980s the store grew from one to five locations (four were on the Upper West Side, there was a store on West 57[5][6] and a sixth location on the Upper East Side was added in 1992[1]). The Upper West Side locations were designed by Alan J. Buchsbaum.[7]
Writing about the closing of the chain in The New Yorker, Rebecca Mead noted: "If, during the nineteen-eighties, you wanted your clothes to indicate that you were a) in the know, fashion wise; b) a bit of an intellectual; and c) not afraid of wearing unfinished seams or jackets turned inside out, or other things that might, if not worn with sufficient élan, look like fashion disasters, then you shopped at Charivari."[8]
The founders attributed the company's decline and eventual failure to poor financial planning, the recession in the 1990s and its own success: the availability of the avant-garde designers championed by Charivari in both the designers' own stores and at larger department stores made a store like Charivari unnecessary.[9]
Activities
[edit]The Charivari stores featured Japanese and European designer wear, including Azzedine Alaïa, Giorgio Armani, Ann Demeulemeester, Dolce & Gabbana, Perry Ellis, Jean Paul Gaultier, Katharine Hamnett, Marc Jacobs (who, as a teenager, worked at Charivari[1]), Helmut Lang, Issey Miyake, Thierry Mugler, Dries van Noten, Prada, Gianni Versace, and Yohji Yamamoto.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Weber, Bruce (16 June 2009). "Selma Weiser, Boutique Innovator, Dies at 84". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Benjamin, Claudie (June 9, 2020). "An Interview with Barbara Weiser, A Founder of Charivari". i love the upper west side. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
- ^ a b c Sischy, Ingrid (4 August 2016). "The Rise and Fall of Charivari, the Cult Boutique of Fashion's Cutting Edge". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Kahn, Anna (16 July 2017). "Charivari: A fashionable upper west side story". West Side Rag. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Duka, John (17 June 1984). "A Charivari in Midtown". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Schiro, Anne-Marie (7 October 1990). "Fashion; A Kickier, Bigger Charivari". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Giovannini, Joseph (11 April 1987). "Alan Buchsbaum, High Tech Architect, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Mead, Rebecca (1 February 1999). "Rag Trade". The New Yorker. p. 24. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Foderar, Lisa W. (6 November 1997). "Charivari: Boutique Blues on West 57th Street". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 March 2018.