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The story
After his graduation in France, Hervé Chapelier moved to Los Angeles and started to make artisanal handbags to earn some money. His business grew. He moved back the France and founded the company Hervé Chapelier in 1976.
During the 1980s, he designed ample and colorful backpacks and handbags that were trendy in French high schools. In the 1990s, Hervé Chapelier launched a travel tote bag (similar to Longchamp's Le Pliage) that remained a classic, the '925'.
In 2005, the Galeries Lafayette were found guilty of copying Chapelier's bags.
In 2018, the company opened its first US store in the Royal Hawaiian Center.
From Wikipedia’s article on Hervé Chapelier, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4