Fashion house under then name Catherine Parel in 1936 in 22.Avenue Montaigne, Paris was set by Russian born Yekaterina Bobrikova (Catherine Bobrikov / Bobrikoff / Thea). She released two, albeit small collections per year for her clients which include well known Parisian actresses and singers at the time, including Michèle Morgan and Lys Gauty. Catherine Parel also created costumes for French cinema, most famously for 1946's La Symphonie Pastorale, which received an award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Catherine Parel fashion house closed in 1948.