Émilienne Manassé is a French Haute Couture house founded in 1923 and established at 320 rue Saint Honoré in Paris, which closed its doors in 1968. It has been world-renowned since 1924. The Haute Couture house "Émilienne Manassé" was created on November 2, 1923 by André MANASSÉ (1887-1965) and his wife Emilienne LEFORTIER (1897-1999). The capital was then 750,000 francs divided into 7,500 shares, 2,400 of which belonged to the couple. The house acquired immediate fame, notably by making a stage dress for the actress Paulette GILLES the following year, star at the Daunou theater (the latter built in 1921 and entirely decorated by Jeanne LANVIN). The capital was then increased to 2.5 million, then to 5 million in 1925. An industrial clothing line was opened, with points of sale in London and New York managed by Mrs. DETLOFF. In 1927, the couple bought the Château de Jambville where the film "L'Abbé Constantin" by Jean-Paul PAULIN was shot in 1933. In 1932, Emilienne became the director of the Maison FRancine et Jean. The international success of the collections was such that the capital of the Haute Couture house, then 5 million, was entirely bought by the couple. Close to the Jewish community (Emilienne's father-in-law, her mother's second husband, the Parisian antique dealer Armand Bernard LEVY) but her Haute Couture houses were one of the few to remain open throughout the Second World War. Without commercial activity in 1968, their daughter Francine MANASSÉ, then married to PHILIPPE, liquidated the company.