What Courrèges does

Courrèges is a Paris-based luxury fashion house founded in 1961 by André Courrèges, the designer who pioneered the Space Age aesthetic — geometric silhouettes, white optical tones, and innovative material usage including vinyl — that remains the brand's signature. Today the company operates a fully direct-to-consumer model with global reach: an owned e-commerce storefront (courreges.com) supporting six currencies (USD, EUR, GBP, CHF, JPY, KRW) and shipping to 30+ countries across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Oceania, complemented by owned physical boutiques. The product portfolio spans women's and men's ready-to-wear, leather goods (12+ named bag collections including Icotype, Monday, Three Sixty, and Melt), footwear, accessories, and a relaunched fragrance line (Hyper Courrèges, Colorama), with an "Iconic" reeditions sub-brand that monetizes the 1960s archival archive.

The business is owned by Artémis, the private holding company of François-Henri Pinault and the Pinault family (the controlling shareholders of luxury conglomerate Kering), which provides long-term capital and strategic oversight. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed; the company reported doubled revenues in 2023 following triple-digit annual growth in 2021 and 2022, with expansion attributed to creative repositioning under then-creative director Nicolas Di Felice and retail network expansion. The current leadership includes CEO Marie Leblanc (appointed November 2024, formerly of Victoria Beckham) and incoming Artistic Director Drew Henry (appointed March 2026, from Burberry and the Phoebe Philo design orbit), with stated ambitions for international expansion. Customer acquisition relies on Paris Fashion Week runway presentations, celebrity and K-pop endorsement (Karol G, BoyNextDoor), fashion press coverage, and organic social channels (Instagram, Facebook, X, Spotify).

Name

Courrèges

Legal name

Courrèges

Website

https://courreges.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1961

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Courrèges is a Paris-based luxury fashion house founded in 1961, selling ready-to-wear, bags, shoes, accessories, and fragrances through global DTC e-commerce and owned boutiques, owned by Artémis (Pinault family) and serving affluent consumers seeking futuristic minimalist design.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Luxury Fashion

NAICS

Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers (458), Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers (458110), Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers (456120), Luggage and Leather Goods Retailers (458320)

SIC

Retail-Apparel & Accessory Stores (5600), Retail-Women's Clothing Stores (5621), Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (2844)

akta.pro primary industry

Luxury Leather Goods & Handbags (CRAKAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Luxury Handbags & Leather Goods (CRAAAFAD), Luxury Accessories (Belts, Scarves, Hats, Small Leather Goods) (CRAAAFAE), Luxury Menswear (CRAAAFAF)

Keywords

• Luxury ready-to-wear
• Designer fashion
• Leather goods
• Fashion accessories
• Luxury fragrances

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Ready-to-Wear Apparel Sales: Primary revenue stream from luxury ready-to-wear collections including women's and men's categories. Products include tops, dresses, coats, knitwear, skirts, pants, and swimwear sold through direct e-commerce and boutiques.
2. Leather Goods and Accessories: Handbags, small leather goods, belts, caps, and sunglasses sold as accessories to apparel. Bag collections include Icotype, Monday, Three Sixty, Melt, and signature re-edition pieces.
3. Footwear: Shoes including ankle boots, boots, sandals, mules, and flats sold as standalone products and complementing ready-to-wear collections.
4. Fragrances and Home Fragrance: Parfumed universe including fragrances (Hyper Courrèges, Colorama), candles, and gift sets. Brand has a heritage in fragrance with a recently relaunched fragrance line.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Courrèges designs, produces, and sells luxury ready-to-wear fashion, bags, leather goods, footwear, accessories (including small leather goods, jewelry, sunglasses, and caps), and fragrances under its own brand. The product portfolio spans women's and men's seasonal collections alongside archive-inspired Iconic re-editions, distributed globally through the brand's direct-to-consumer e-commerce site and owned boutiques.

Product overview

Courrèges is a Paris-based luxury fashion house owned by Artémis (François-Henri Pinault's family holding company), offering a comprehensive ready-to-wear fashion portfolio for women and men. The product ecosystem centers on three core pillars: Ready-to-Wear (including seasonal collections like Fall-Winter 26 and Spring-Summer 26), Accessories (comprising bags, shoes, and small leather goods), and Fragrances (Hyper Courrèges and Colorama). The Iconic/Collection Reeditions sub-brand reinterprets André Courrèges' 1960s Space Age archive designs, notably vinyl jackets and mini skirts. Recent strategic moves include the appointment of Drew Henry as Artistic Director and limited-edition collaborations such as the COSRX skincare partnership at Paris Fashion Week.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Courrèges: Primary luxury ready-to-wear, bags, and accessories brand with Space Age futuristic aesthetic
• Hyper Courrèges
• Colorama

Products and services

• Women's Ready-to-Wear Women's ready-to-wear collection including jackets, dresses, coats, knitwear, tops, shirts, sweatshirts, skirts, trousers, bodies, swimwear, vinyl, denim, leather, and contrast pieces, sold at luxury price points (T-shirts $290-$490; Dresses $440-$2,300; Coats/Jackets $720-$5,000; Knitwear $350-$1,050).
• Men's Ready-to-Wear Men's ready-to-wear collection including jackets, t-shirts, tops, knitwear, shirts, sweatshirts, coats, trousers, shorts, swimwear, vinyl, denim, and leather pieces.
• Bags Handbags and travel bags spanning crossbody, handle, shoulder, mini, and maxi styles, including named collections such as Icotype, Monday, Three Sixty, Melt, and signature re-editions. Priced $580-$1,160 for bags and $920-$1,160 for leather bags.
• Women's Shoes Women's footwear including ankle boots, boots, high boots, sandals, mules, and flats. Priced at luxury tier: Sandals $890-$990; Ankle boots $1,250; High boots $1,150-$1,450.
• Men's Shoes Men's footwear collection primarily featuring boots.
• Accessories Accessories including small leather goods (priced $250-$590), silver jewelry, caps, hats, sunglasses, belts, and socks.
• Fragrances Fragrance collection including Hyper Courrèges and Colorama perfumes, candles, and gift sets; the brand's parfumed universe with heritage extending back to its early years.
• Iconic / Collection Reeditions Reedition collection bringing back archival designs including vinyl jackets, mini skirts, trench coats, Second Skin pieces, caps, handbags, and signature shoes, celebrating André Courrèges' 1960s Space Age aesthetic.
• Spring-Summer 2026 Collection Spring-Summer 2026 ready-to-wear seasonal collection presented at Paris Fashion Week.
• Fall-Winter 2026 Collection Fall-Winter 2026 ready-to-wear seasonal collection, presented as the final show of creative director Nicolas Di Felice.
• High Summer Capsule High Summer capsule collection featuring summer essentials.
• COSRX x Courrèges Limited-Edition Collaboration Kit Limited-edition backstage skincare collaboration kit featuring COSRX's Peptide and Ceramide product collections, the first official backstage collaboration kit in Courrèges' history with a beauty brand. Reserved for VIP guests and global influencers and not publicly distributed.

Quantifiable outcome

• Revenue doubled in 2023 after triple-digit annual growth in 2021 and 2022
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• COSRXcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 March 2026K-beauty brand COSRX and Courrèges reunited for their second official backstage skincare partnership at Paris Fashion Week FW26, introducing a limited-edition collaboration kit called the 'Courrèges Show FW Backstage Special Kit.' This marks the first time in Courrèges' history that an official backstage collaboration kit has been created with a beauty brand, featuring COSRX's Peptide and Ceramide product collections. The kit includes the newly launched One Step Original Peptide Collagen Lifting Glow Pad making its European debut. The collaboration is reserved for VIP guests and global influencers and is not publicly distributed.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Balenciaga: Balenciaga is a Paris-based luxury maison owned by Kering. It is relevant because André Courrèges himself trained under Cristóbal Balenciaga, and the houses share a heritage of design authority and experimentation in materials and silhouettes.
• Paco Rabanne: Paco Rabanne is a French luxury house with a parallel futuristic, material-experimental heritage (metal discs, Chainmail bags) anchored by a powerhouse fragrance business. Closest analog by aesthetic DNA to Courrèges' Space Age roots.
• Chloé: Chloé is a French luxury maison with a similar mid-luxury price point, RTW, leather goods (Marcie, Edith), and footwear. Comparable in scale, Paris heritage, and feminine design positioning.
• Saint Laurent: Saint Laurent is a French luxury maison (Kering stable, like Courrèges under Artémis) offering RTW, leather goods (Loulou, Kate, Sac de Jour), and accessories. Comparable in being a Paris-based multi-category house with a strong design heritage.
• Celine (LVMH): Celine is the most direct peer: French luxury maison with minimalist, design-led RTW, leather goods (Triomphe, Luggage, Cabas), and footwear. The Phoebe Philo era explicitly informs Courrèges' positioning and incoming artistic director Drew Henry's DNA.

Emerging players

• Issey Miyake: Issey Miyake is a Japanese luxury house known for innovative materials, pleating, and minimalist sculptural design. Comparable in spirit (Space Age / futurism / material innovation) though different in market and price point.
• Jacquemus: Jacquemus is a French contemporary luxury brand that has scaled from a one-man operation to global relevance through social media, runway buzz, and a minimalist/Mediterranean aesthetic. Useful emerging-player analog to Courrèges' growth profile and target consumer.

Broad incumbents

• Chanel: Chanel is a global luxury maison with multi-category RTW, leather goods, accessories, footwear, fragrance, and beauty. It is a direct analog in business model and product breadth, but operates at vastly greater scale.
• Dior: Dior is a French luxury house spanning RTW, leather goods, shoes, fragrance, and beauty, with comparable seasonal runway cadence at Paris Fashion Week. A broad incumbent with a more dominant fragrance and couture franchise.

Others

• Victoria Beckham Beauty: Victoria Beckham is relevant as the prior company of Courrèges' CEO Marie Leblanc, who led its transformation into a profitable lifestyle brand. Useful as a comparable on leadership strategy rather than direct product competition.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/courregesparis
• YouTubeopen.spotify.com/user/31dtmitx2e7sw2oylwpthx2tmt5y
• Facebookfacebook.com/courregesofficial
• Instagraminstagram.com/courreges
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/courreges-design-sas

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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